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Post by another specialist on Jun 12, 2007 19:31:12 GMT
Bermuda flightless grasshopper Paroxya bermudensis. |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 12, 2007 19:33:20 GMT
The ecoregion has witnessed the recent extinction of many endemic species, including the Bermuda spike rush (Eloecharis bermudiana) (Procter and Fleming 1999) and the only endemic nemertean, Pantinonemertes agricola (Sterrer 1998a). An estimated 16 insect species have disappeared in the last century, including the flightless grasshopper, Paroxya bermudensis and seven Diptera (Sterrer 1998a). The near-eradication of Bermuda cedar in the 1940s led to extinction of two associated endemic insects, the cicada Tibicen bermudiana, and the geometrical moth Semiothisa ochrifascia (Sterrer 1998a). www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na0301_full.html |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 12, 2007 19:42:00 GMT
Type specimen details 5052 Paroxya bermudensis Rehn, 1909 Syntype ANSP 5052 Verbatim original combination: Paroxya bermudensis male and female syntypes [based on original description] Orthoptera Acrididae Collector: Jones, F.M. on Jan. 15, 1909 Bermuda Warwick Parish South Shore 0° 0´ ° ´ Literature citations of this specimen Original citation: Rehn, J.A.G., 1909. A new species of the genus Paroxya from Bermuda (Orthoptera) Entomological News 20:343 Verbatim data for this specimen Label: 1. "Warwick Parish, Bermuda I.15.1909 F.M. Jones." Label: 2. "Paroxya bermudensis Rehn Type 5052" Label: 3. "13" Original Publication: "taken in coitu" Record created by: Elana Benamy 12/15/2004 data.acnatsci.org/biodiversity_databases/insects.php?mode=details&catalognumber=5052 |
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Post by Melanie on May 4, 2016 11:10:18 GMT
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