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Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884

Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884: habitus and wings. (Otu).
Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884: habitus and wings. (Otu).
Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884: Fig. 40I. fastigium, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Oedipoda obliterata Thomas, 1880: 221. (homonym)
  • Dissosteira (Dissosteira) spurcata Saussure, 1884: 137.

    Holotype; female; 253e684e-05ba-456c-bf89-3579915ec6af; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); United States

  • Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 88.
  • Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884 in Hollier, 2012: 251.

References (12)

  • Thomas, C. (1880) Notes on Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 12(11), 221–224. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22088#page/229/mode/1up
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 28(9), 1–254, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38465
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1909) An orthopterological reconnoisance of the southwest United States. Part III: California and Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 61, 409–483. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288106#page/417/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Buckell, E.R. (1924) Additions and corrections to the list of British Columbia Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 21, 7–12. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44236#page/939/mode/1up
  • Henderson, W.W. (1924) A taxonomic and ecological study of the species of the subfamily Oedipodinae (Orth. Acrid.) found in Utah with a summary of world distribution and a list of Orthoptera recorded for the state. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin, 191, 150 pp.
  • Kelly, G.D. & Middlekauff, W.W. (1961) Biological studies of Dissosteira spurcata Saussure with distributional notes on related California species. Hilgardia, 30, 395–424.
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1984) Acrididae: Oedipodinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 2, 366 pp.
  • 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
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(2), 215–260. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183707#page/71/mode/1up

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