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  tribe Cyrtacanthacridini Kirby, 1902
genus Schistocerca Stål, 1873
species group Alutacea Group

species Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius, 1798)

• Images:
  • male subgenital plate
  • individual from Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, USA August 19, 2006
• Distribution:
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  • Alternate map showing individual locality records
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (16):
  • Fabricius. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae Suppl:194 >> Gryllus obscurus
  • Gundlach. 1887. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 146 >> Acridium obscurum  
  • Bolívar, I. 1888. Mem. Soc. Zool. France 1:144 >> Acridium obscurum  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1899. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. 34(17):465 >> Schistocerca obscura
  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell. 1902. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 9:40 >> Schistocerca obscura  
  • Caudell. 1903. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 26:796 >> Schistocerca obscura
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1905. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 57:40 >> Schistocerca obscura  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1907. Entomol. News 18:212 >> Schistocerca obscura
  • Hebard. 1932. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 58(3):279 >> Note: distribution >> Schistocerca obscura  
  • Duck. 1944. Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc. 17:106 >> Note: Early stages
  • Dirsh. 1974. Ser. Entomol. 10:181
  • Richman, Lightfoot, Sutherland & Ferguson. 1993. New Mex. Coop. Extens. Service Handbook No. 7:92 >> Note: Map; ecology
  • Amédégnato, Ruiz-Baliu & Carbonell. 1995. Rev. bras. Entomol. 39(3):698 >> Note: In Cuba
  • Capinera, Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida 124 >> Note: Profile >> Schistocerca obscura  
  • Song. 2004. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 97(3):432
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 146, Plate 31 >> Schistocerca obscura
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Kansas, Allen County, Ele
  • Kind of type:  neotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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