Species info
Classification > Superfamily Acridoidea > Family Acrididae > Subfamily Ommatolampidinae > Tribe Abracrini > Genus Abracris
Abracris flavolineata (De Geer 1773)
Male
Male
Male
Male
Male
Female © Pocco, M.E.
Female © Pocco, M.E.
Habitat
Habitat
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Of very minor importance
  • Argentina
    • Catamarca
    • Chaco
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
The Americas from Mexico to northern Argentina.
 
Synonyms
  • Acrydium flavor-lineatum De Geer 1773
  • Gryllus violaceus Thunberg 1824
  • Osmilia violacea; Rehn 1913
  • Acridiun coelestre Burmeistes 1838
  • Osmilia tolteca Saussure 1861
  • Acridium labratum Scudder 1869
  • Acridium obliquum Walker 1870
  • Acridium (Osmilia) saussurei Scudder 1875
Observations
Most argentine records for this species are under the name of Osmilia violacea.
Host plants
Polyphagous. Coffe and other cultivated plants.
Links
References
  • 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.:497.
  • THUNBERG. 1824. Grylli monographia, illustrata. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 3:390-430, pl. 14.:413.
  • BURMEISTER. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band. Berlin 1050 pp.:634.
  • SAUSSURE. 1861. Orthoptera nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares) (Series II). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et Appliquée (Guérin Meneville) Zéme Serie, 13:126-130, 156-164, 313-324, 397-402. [Note: Acrididae in pp. 156-169, 313-324, 347-402.]:163.
  • SCUDDER. 1869. A study of the gigantic lobecrested gasshoppers of South and Central America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:345-355.:339.
  • 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.:637.
  • SCUDDER. 1875. Notes on Orthoptera from northern Peru, collected by Professor James Orton. Proceesings of the Boston Society of Natural History 17:257-282.:274.
  • 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.
  • GIGLIO-TOS. 1897. Viaggio del Dott. A. Borelli nel Chaco Boliviano e nella Republica Argentina. X, Ortotteri. Bollettino del Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Universita di Torino 12(302):1-47.
  • 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. 1913b. A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:270-292
  • REHN. 1915. A further contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:270-292.
  • HEBARD. 1924b. Studies in the Acrididae of Panama (Orth.). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 50:75-140.
  • 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
  • HEPPER. 1945. Notas ecológicas, sistemáticas y zoogeográficas de acridios de la Argentina. Revistas de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 12:280-298.
  • LIEBERMANN. 1945a. Sobre una colección de acridios (Orth. Acrididae) del Instituto Miguel Lillo. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 3:235-238.
  • 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
  • TURK. 1980. Acridios del NOA. IV. Contribución al conocimiento de huevos, desoves, hábitos de postura de algunas especies de tucuras (Orthoptera, ACridoidea) de la Provincia de Tucumán. II. Acta Zoológica Lilioana 36(1):121-130
  • ROBERTS & CARBONELL. 1981. A revision of the neotropical genus Abracris and related genera (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Ommatolampinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 133:1-14
  • TURK. 1981. Acridoideos del NOA. V. Ciclo de vida y aspectos ecológicos de Osmilia violacea (Th.) (Acrididae, Ommatolampinae). Acta Zoológica Lilloana 36(2):53-59.
  • COPR. 1982. The locust and grasshopper agricultural manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • CARBONELL. 1996. Revision of the genus Orthoscapheus Bruner 1906, with description of a new species (Acrididae, Ommatolampinae, Abracrini). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 5:29
  • MATIOTTI DA COSTA ET AL.. 2010. Cladistic analysis of Abracrini genera (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Ommatolampinae). Zootaxa 2451:1–25
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