Species info
Classification > Superfamily Acridoidea > Family Romaleidae > Subfamily Romaleinae > Tribe Procolpini > Genus Prionolopha
Prionolopha serrata (Linneo 1758)
Female
Female
Female
Female, dorsal view
Female, dorsal view
Female
Female
Nymph, El Impenetrable National Park © Holger Braun
Nymph, El Impenetrable National Park © Holger Braun
Male, El Impenetrable National Park © Holger Braun
Male, El Impenetrable National Park © Holger Braun
Habitat
Habitat
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Of very minor importance
  • Argentina
    • Chaco
    • Corrientes
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
Widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America.
 
Synonyms
  • Gryllus (Bulla) serratus Linneo 1758
  • Acrydium serrato-fasciatum DeGeer 1773
  • Acrydium dentatum Olivier 1791
  • Gryllus Locusta cymbiformis Stoll 1813
  • Gryllus Locusta scutatus Stoll 1813
  • Pamphagus lateralis Thunberg 1815
  • Xiphocera elegans Walker 1870
  • Prionolopha daguerrei Liebermann 1935
Observations
Very common species throughout the South American tropic, South of the Amazon. Due to its large size it was collected since old times, and repeatedly described by various entomologists, as can be attested by numerous synonyms.
Host plants
Apparently polyphagous. Forbivorous-type mandibles.
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References
  • LINNEO. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima reformata, Holmiae. tomus I, 824 pp.:427.
  • DE GEER. 1773. Onziéme memoire, Des croquets. Pp 460-504 in Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des insectes. Stockholm, Tome 3, viii + 697 pp., 44 pl.:495.
  • OLIVIER. 1791. Croqiet. Pp. 204-236 in Encyclopedie Methodique, Histoire Naturelle, Insectes, Paris, Panckoucke, Imprimeur, Librairie, Tome 6, 704 pp.:217.
  • STOLL. 1813. Naturliike en naar leven nauwerkeurige gekleurde afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen der spoken, wandelende bladen, zabelspringhanen, krekels, trekspringhanen en kakkerlaken, in alle vier deelen del wereld Europa, Asia, Afrika en Amerika. representation exactement colorée d'aprés nature des spectres ou phasmes, des mantes, des sauterelles, des grillons, des criquets et des blattes qui se trouvent dans les quatre parties du monde, l'Europe, l'Asie,l'Afrique et l'Amerique. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp et fils, vol. 1, 79 pp., 25 pl.; vol. 2, 28 + 42 pp., 13 + 23 pl. [this a posthumous edition by M Houttuyn; the first edition, 1787-88 did not contain latin binomials for the species described and illustrated.]:39.
  • THUNBERG. 1815b. Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata. Plurimsque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l0 Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 5:211-301, pl. 3.:260.
  • WALKER. 1870. Catalogue of the specimens of Demaptera Saltatoria in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) London 3:425-604, 4:605-809, 5:811-850.:525.
  • STÅL. 1873b. Recensio orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptéres décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm, part 1, 154 pp.
  • GIGLIO-TOS. 1894. Viaggio dell dott. Alfredo Borelli nella Repubblica Argentina e nel Paraguay. Vi, Ortotteri. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Universita di Torino 9(184):1-46, 1 pl.
  • BRUNER. 1900. Brief account of the genera and species of Locusts or Gasshoppers of Argentina, together with descriptions of new forms. The second report of the Merchant's Locust investigation Commission of Buenos Aires. Lincoln, Nebraska, 80 pp
  • REHN. 1913b. A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:270-292
  • LIEBERMANN. 1935a. Catálogo sistematico y razonado de acridoideos argentinos. Géneros: Prionolopha, Diedronotus, Elaeochlora y Chromacris (Orthop., Acrididae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 7:25-50.:35.
  • LIEBERMANN. 1939a. Catálogo sistemático y biográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la sociedad Entomológica Argentina 10:125-230
  • HEPPER. 1945. Notas ecológicas, sistemáticas y zoogeográficas de acridios de la Argentina. Revistas de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 12:280-298.
  • LIEBERMANN. 1951b. Los acridios de Corrientes. IDIA, Buenos Aires 4(42-43):39-48.
  • LIEBERMANN. 1958a. Los acridios de Formosa (Orph. Caelif. Acridoidea). Instituto de Patologia Vegetal, Buenos Aires, Año 1, Publicación Técnica Nº 5, 24 pp.
  • HAYWARD. 1960. Insectos tucumanos perjudiciales. Revista Industrial y Agricola de Tucumán 42:3-144
  • GANGWERE & RONDEROS. 1975. A synopsis of food selection in Argentine Acridoidea. Acrida 4:173-194
  • CORP. 1982. The locust and grasshopper agricultural manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • BUZZETTI & CAROTTI. 2008. Annotated list of the Caelifera of Ecuador (Biodiversity of South America). Memoirs on Biodiversity 1 49
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