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  subfamily Oedipodinae Walker, 1871
tribe Sphingonotini Johnston, 1956
genus Dissosteira Scudder, 1876

species Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884

• Images:
  • fastigium, dorsal view
  • habitus and wings
• Distribution:
  • 
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (7):
  • Saussure. 1884. Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 28(9):137 >> Dissosteira (Dissosteira) spurcata  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1909. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 61:439
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):232 >> Dissosteira spurcata  
  • Henderson, W.W. 1924. Utah Agric. Expt. Sta. Bull. 191:54 >> Dissosteira spurcata  
  • Kelly & Middlekauff. 1961. Hilgardia 30:395-424 >> Dissosteira spurcata
  • Otte, D. 1984. North American Grasshoppers 2:161
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 88 >> Dissosteira spurcata
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., California
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  MHNG Geneva Museum

• synonym obliterata (Thomas, 1880)

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