Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kirby, W.F. (1899) Notes on a collection of Gryllidae, Stenopelmatidae; Gryllacridae, and Hetrodidae formed by Mr. W.L. Distant in the Transvaal and other South- and East-African localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 475–480. Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63341#page/515/mode/1up
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Anostostomatidae
- genus
- Libanasidus
- species
- Libanasidus vittatus
Name
- Synonyms
- Carcinopsis vittatus Kirby, 1899
- Libanasa vittatus (Kirby, 1899)
- Homonyms
- Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899)
- Common names
- king cricket in language.
Bibliographic References
- Bateman. 2000. The influence of weeapon asymmetry on male-male competition success in a sexually dimorphic insect, the African King Cricket Libanasidus vittatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Journal of Insect Behavior (Jour. Ins. Behav.) 13(1):157-163
- Brettschneider, Chimimba, Scholtz, Bastos & Bateman. 2009. The tusked king cricket, Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899) (Anostostomatidae), from South Africa: morphological and molecular evidence suggest two cryptic species. Insect Systematics and Evolution 40(1):85-103
- Johns. 1997. The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 6:128
- Karny. 1929. A revision of the South African Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera Saltatoria). Annals of the South African Museum (Ann. S. Afr. Mus.) 29:143
- Karny. 1937. Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 206:202
- Kirby, W.F. 1899. Notes on a collection of Gryllidae, Stenopelmatidae; Gryllacridae, and Hetrodidae formed by Mr. W.L. Distant in the Transvaal and other South- and East-African localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London (Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.) 7 3:478
- Kirby, W.F. 1906. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 2:117
- Picker, M., Griffiths & Weaving. 2005. Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa, Struik Publishers, South Africa 76