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Psinidia amplicornus Caudell, 1903

Caudell's Longhorn Grasshopper
Psinidia amplicornus Caudell, 1903: pronotum, dorsal view, Fig. 61G. (Otu).
Psinidia amplicornus Caudell, 1903: pronotum, dorsal view, Fig. 61G. (Otu).
Psinidia amplicornus Caudell, 1903: pronotum, lateral view, Fig. 61H. (Otu).
Psinidia amplicornus Caudell, 1903: habitus and wings. (Otu).
Psinidia amplicornus Caudell, 1903: Fig. 2. female, dorsal view (body length 28 mm, tegmina 24 mm, hind femora 16 mm). (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Psinidia sulcifrons var. amplicornus Caudell, 1903: 791.

    Holotype; female; 519ed051-198b-42e6-83e3-bfb5e467c475; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Texas: Victoria: Victoria

  • Conozoa amplicornis [sic] (Caudell, 1903) in Hart, 1906
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  • Psinidia amplicornis [sic] (Caudell, 1903) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 97.
  • Conozoa amplicornis [sic] (Caudell, 1903) (misspelling of Psinidia sulcifrons var. amplicornus Caudell, 1903)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • 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.
  • 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
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  • Caudell, A.N. (1903) Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26, 775–809, Plate 55. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32571#page/903/mode/1up
  • Hart, C.A. (1906) Notes of a winter trip to Texas, with an annotated list of the Orthoptera. Entomological News, 17, 154–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2562864
  • Otte, D. (1984) Acrididae: Oedipodinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 2, 366 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1919) Descriptions of new and critical notes upon previously known forms of North American Oedipodinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae). First paper. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 45, 229–298, 3 pls. Available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/title/5077659.html

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to broad antennae.

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