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Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869)

Bog Katydid
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): calling male (northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): calling male (northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): male (northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): habitat with calling male in little spruce in foreground (stem, ~15 cm below tip, northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): 2005. habitat (spruce bog in northwestern Ontario). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): male, lateral view (syntype of Idionotus brevipes). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): male, dorsal view (syntype of Idionotus brevipes). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): female (paralectotype). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): female ovipositor (paralectotype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1517155; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517155; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517155; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65: male cerci (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (36)

  • Decticus sphagnorum Walker, 1869: 258.

    Syntype; male; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Canada: Ontario: Hudsons Bay, Martin's Falls

  • Orchelimum sphagnorum (Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1906: 274.
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  • Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869) in Kostarakos & Heiner, 2018
  • Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869) in Storozhenko, 2023: 566.

Nomenclature references (27)

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, 781 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16768
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
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  • Caudell, A.N. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of the single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64, 157–168. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/169/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1907) The Decticinae (a group of Orthoptera) of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 32, 285–410. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53434#page/363/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1908) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Decticinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 72, 1–43 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105244#page/339/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1930) The Orthoptera of Alberta. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 82, 377–403. [1931] Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5AsxAlRXLyEC
  • Hebard, M. (1939) Studies in Orthoptera which occur in North America north of the Mexican boundary X and XI. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 65(2), 161–191. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4275_002#page/105/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Kostarakos, K. & Heiner, R. (2018) Listening in the bog: II. Neural correlates for acoustic interactions and spacing between Sphagniana sphagnorum males. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 204, 353–367. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-018-1251-7
  • Morris, G.K. & Pipher, R.E. (1972) The relation of song structure to tegminal movement in Metrioptera sphagnorum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 104, 977–985. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/s104lmp72.pdf
  • Morris, G.K. (1970) Sound analyses of Metrioptera sphagnorum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 102, 363–368. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s104lm70.pdf
  • Morris, G.K. (2008) Size and carrier in the bog katydid, Metrioptera sphagnorum (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Tettigoniidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(2), 333–342. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.333
  • Morris, G.K., Hall, A.M. & Heiner, R. (2018) Listening in the bog: I. Acoustic interactions and spacing between males of Sphagniana sphagnorum. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 204, 339–351. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-018-1250-8
  • Morris, G.K., Kerr, G.E. & Gwynne, D.T. (1975) Calling song function in the bog katydid, Metrioptera sphagnorum (F. Walker) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): Female phonotaxis to normal and altered song. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 37, 502–514.
  • Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Südost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 27, 1–431.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Birchim, J.D. (1968) Revisionary studies in the Nearctic Decticinae. Memoirs of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 3, 1–173. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s104lrb68.pdf
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2023) Orthoptera of Northeast Asia and Northwest America. Zootaxa, 5264(4), 564–578.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1930) Notes on new or less-known Holartic Decticinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5(28), 400–405.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kerr, G.E. (1975) Additional records of Ensifera (Gryllotpera) in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 105, 96–100. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43455464#page/106/mode/1up
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/mode/1up
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1983) A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 13(1), I-IV, i-xxii, 1–679.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • Vickery, V.R. (1967) The Orthoptera of Alaska, Yukon, and the Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 93, 249–278.
  • Walker, E.M. (1909) On the Orthoptera of Northern Ontario. The Canadian Entomologist, 41(5-7), 137–144, 173–178, 205–212. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22162#page/149/mode/1up
  • Walker, E.M. (1911) On the habits and stridulation of Idionotus brevipes Caudell, and other notes on Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 43(9), 303–304. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88635#page/315/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1941) The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 91, 1–50, figs. 1–45.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from the name of the type species, which in turn seems to refer to the typical habitat, spruce bogs with Sphagnum moss.

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