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Species

Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884)

Crepitating Grasshopper
Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884): habitus. (Otu).
Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884): habitus. (Otu).
Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884): wings. (Otu).
Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884): Fig. 40C. fastigium and eyes, dorsal view. (Otu).
Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884): Fig. 40N. hind femur. (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Dissosteira bolli var. crepitans Saussure, 1884: 140.

    Syntypes (n= 2); female; 075b8337-a20a-46f2-a946-167486423451; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); United States

  • Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884) in Morse, 1895: 287.
  • Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 99, Plate 16.
  • Spharagemon crepitans (Saussure, 1884) in Hollier, 2012: 220.

References (8)

  • 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
  • Morse, A.P. (1895) Revision of the species of Spharagemon. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 7, 287–299. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42913#page/319/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
  • Otte, D. (1970) A comparative study of communicative behavior in grasshoppers. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 141, 1–168. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56385
  • Otte, D. (1984) Acrididae: Oedipodinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 2, 366 pp.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scherer, C.W. & Squitier, J.M. (2001) Grasshoppers of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 131 pp. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/ghopper.html
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012