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species Pamphagus elephas (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Links:
  • The Linnean Collections (The Linnean Society of London)
  • Specimens in MNHN Paris
  • North West Africa grasshoppers and locusts
• Distribution:
  •  
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (32):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.) 1:431   >> Gryllus (Locusta) elephas    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:44079
  • Linnaeus. 1767. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae 1, pt. 2:699   >> Gryllus (Locusta) elephas
  • Fabricius. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 287   >> Gryllus elephas
  • Charpentier. 1839. Zeitsch. Entom. 1:378   >> Gryllus elephas
  • Stål. 1873. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1:25   >> Pamphagus elephas    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:44078
  • Krauss & Vosseler. 1897. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abt. Syst. Geogr. und Biol. der Tiere 9:539   >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):352   >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Zanon. 1924. Mem. Pont. Accad. Sci. Nuovi Lincei 2 7:224-249 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Roberts, H.R. 1938. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 64:193   >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Korsakoff, M.N. 1941. Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Afr. n. 32:352-369 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Chopard. 1943. Faune de l'Empire Français 1:450 pp. >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Grassé & Hollande. 1946. Rev. franc. Ent. 12:137 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Dirsh. 1954. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 12 7(81):671 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 98 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):223 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Dirsh. 1961. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 10(9):378   >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 94 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:73, 401 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:64 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Boufersaoui & Matz. 1969. Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Afr. n. 59:155-163 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research). 1982. The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual 23 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78(4):386, 387 >> Note: 1 m. and 1 f. in LS coll., both unlabeled >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Presa & García. 1983. Anal. Univ. Murcia 42(1-4):20   >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Massa & Lo Verde. 1992[1990]. Frustula Entomologica 13:217 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Massa, Lo Valvo & Lo Verde. 1993. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Boll. (Turin) 11(2):452 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Bounechada, Doumandji & Çiplak. 2006. Turkish Journal of Zoology 30:245-253   >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Usmani, M.K. 2007. Zootaxa 1625:51 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Usmani, M.K. 2008. Zootaxa 1946:12 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Massa. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(1):87   >> Note: presence in Libya uncertain >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Benkenana, Harrat & Petit. 2012. Zootaxa 3168:28 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Ünal. 2016. Zootaxa 4206(1):78 >> Pamphagus elephas
  • Benkenana & Massa. 2017. Zootaxa 4254(1):107 >> Pamphagus elephas
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa
  • Kind of type:  syntypes
  • Specimen category:  male, female
  • Location of type:  LSUK London Linnean Society

• synonym cruentatus (Poiret, 1787)
• synonym numidicus (Poiret, 1787)
• synonym virens Thunberg, 1815

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