Classification > Superfamily
Acridoidea
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Acrididae
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Melanoplinae
> Genus
Parascopas
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos 1894)
Male and female
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Of very minor importance
- Argentina
- Misiones
Other distribution
PARAGUAY: Central, Paraguarí, San Pedro, Amambay, Caaguazú.
BRAZIL: Santa Catarina.
BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz.
BRAZIL: Santa Catarina.
BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz.
- Scopas obesus Giglio-Tos 1894
Prairies vegetation, gramineous plants.
- 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.:29.
- 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
- BRUNER. 1906. Synoptic list of Paraguayan Acrididae or Locusts, with descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 30(1461):613-694, pl. 36-38
- LIEBERMANN. 1928. Preliminares para el estudio de los acridoideos argentinos. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 104:137-158.
- LIEBERMANN. 1939a. Catálogo sistemático y biográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la sociedad Entomológica Argentina 10:125-230
- RONDEROS. 1976c. Revisión del género Parascopas Bruner (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 35:175-192.
- COPR. 1982. The locust and grasshopper agricultural manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
