Pachytylus

Translingual

Etymology

A classical compound of the Ancient Greek πᾰχῠ́ς (pakhús, “thick”) ‎ τῠ́λος (túlos, “callus”).

Proper noun

Pachytylus m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Acrididae – certain locusts, now in various other genera.

Hyponyms

• (archaic genus of locusts): Pachytylus punctifrons (now Locusta migratoria migratorioides); Pachytylus australis (now Locusta migratoria migratorioides); Pachytylus capensis (now Locustana pardalina); Pachytylus cinerascens (now Locusta cinerascens); Pachytylus danicus (now Locusta migratoria migratorioides); Pachytylus determinatus (now Gastrimargus determinatus); Pachytylus migratorioides, Pachytylus migratorius, Pachytylus migratoroides (now Locusta migratoria migratorioides); Pachytylus mlokoziewitztcki, Pachytylus mlokoziewiztcki, Pachytylus mlokozivetzi (now Oedaleus senegalensis); Pachytylus pardalina (now Locustana pardalina); Pachytylus senegalensis (now Oedaleus senegalensis); Pachytylus stridulus (now Psophus stridulus); Pachytylus sulcicollis (now Locustana pardalina) - species known as reassigned to other genera;

Pachytylus brasiliensis; Pachytylus capito; Pachytylus nigrofaseiatus; Pachytylus spretus; Pachytylus wahlbergi - other species

References

• Locust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acrididae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Acrididae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons