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Taxa hierarchy
subfamily
Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
tribe
Pargaini
Uvarov, 1953
genus
Odontomelus
Bolívar, 1890
species
Odontomelus
ancestrus
Hugel, 2014
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:467255
Common name(s): Round Island Grasshopper
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. On the ground in open palm savanna and moderately halophilous grassland.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Hugel. 2014. Zootaxa 3900(3):404 >>
Odontomelus
ancestrus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:467255
Hugel. 2015. J. Insect Conservation 19:87–96 >>
Odontomelus
ancestrus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Round Island
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: MNHN Paris
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