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Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841)

Leather-colored Bird Locust
Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841): Fig. 60. male subgenital plate. (Otu).
Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841): Fig. 60. male subgenital plate. (Otu).
Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841): Fig. 5 (b = 1 mm). male subgenital plate. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2856582; 5f7bd6fe-69fd-49a7-83f5-ad0c74106f0a, CNCI 981420: Schistocerca alutacea. Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2856582; 5f7bd6fe-69fd-49a7-83f5-ad0c74106f0a, CNCI 981420: Schistocerca alutacea. Lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2856582; 5f7bd6fe-69fd-49a7-83f5-ad0c74106f0a, CNCI 981420: Schistocerca alutacea. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (32)

  • Acridium alutaceum Harris, 1841: 139.

    Neotype; male; a2870248-e3e4-465e-9e2e-e080ce86e041; deposited at: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ); United States: Massachusetts: Martha's Vineyard

  • Acridium alutaceum Harris, 1841 in Scudder, 1869: 4.
  • Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 170.
  • Schistocerca alutacea (Harris, 1841) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 147.

References (32)

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  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173
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  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) Random notes on North American Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27, 331–337. [1900] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4237_004#page/58/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 1–436. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31824#page/15/mode/1up
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  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 9, 1–60. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88768#page/23/mode/1up
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  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
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