Pamphagus Thunberg, 1815

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2007, Studies on some Libyan species of Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), Zootaxa 1625, pp. 47-60 : 51

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179274

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6240398

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scientific name

Pamphagus Thunberg, 1815
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Genus Pamphagus Thunberg, 1815 View in CoL

Pamphaus Thumberg, 1815. Mem. Acad. Sci. St-Petersb. 5: 211–301. Type-species: Grylllls ( Locusta ) elephas Linnaeus, 1758 .

Diagnosis: Male genitalia: supra-anal plate acute-angular, cercus compressed and angluar; subgenital plate short, widely conical; epiphallus wide, with large ancorae and excurved posterior margin and a pair of clusters of small teeth. Female genitalia: Supra anal plate elongated and narrowing apically, cercus simple, short and broad (fig. 3A); subgenital plate (fig. 3B) with posterior margin serrated, concave medially, without setae, Jannone's organs absent, egg-guide rudimentary; spermatheca (fig. 3C) with a single short, broad and recurved diverticulum; ovipositor (fig. 3D) valves elongate, robust, curved, shorter than lateral apodeme, ventral valve with external, lateral projection, mesial tooth present.

The genus is represented by a single species from Fezzan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Pamphagidae

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