ON THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPUR-THROATED LOCUST (ORTHOPTERA, ACRIDIDAE)

Authors
KEY KHL RENTZ DCF
Citation
Khl. Key et Dcf. Rentz, ON THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPUR-THROATED LOCUST (ORTHOPTERA, ACRIDIDAE), Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 33, 1994, pp. 345-346
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of the Australian Entomological Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00049050
Volume
33
Year of publication
1994
Part
4
Pages
345 - 346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-9050(1994)33:<345:OTSNOT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The injurious locust known in Australian economic entomological litera ture as the Spur-throated Locust has been cited in numerous papers sin ce 1939 as Austracris guttulosa (Walker). Some confusion has resulted from proposed synonymisation of the genus Austracris Uvarov with Patan ga Uvarov and Nomadacris Uvarov. It is argued that those synonymisatio ns are unjustified and that Austracris guttulosa is the valid scientif ic name of the Spur-throated Locust.