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Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869)

tawny mole cricket
CollectionObject 2869084; CNCI 1162552, 07bbcc56-020f-4176-bc2f-7fb4b7982e63: Scapteriscus vicinus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2869084; CNCI 1162552, 07bbcc56-020f-4176-bc2f-7fb4b7982e63: Scapteriscus vicinus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2869084; CNCI 1162552, 07bbcc56-020f-4176-bc2f-7fb4b7982e63: Scapteriscus vicinus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2869084; CNCI 1162552, 07bbcc56-020f-4176-bc2f-7fb4b7982e63: Scapteriscus vicinus. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (34)

  • Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder, 1869: 12.
  • Scapteriscus agassizii Scudder, 1869: 13.

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; e35a0ca1-14f5-49e7-b9c8-0303bfa68f16; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Switzerland: Neuchâtel (introduced from the New World)

  • Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869) in Capinera, 2019: 233-236.
  • Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869) in Zefa, Martins, Demari, Acosta, Centeno, Castro-Souza, Lobregat de Oliveira, Miyoshi, Fianco, Redü, Timm, Matiotti da Costa & Szinwelski, 2022: 216, 228.

References (28)

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  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1874) Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères, famille des gryllides. In Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris. Vol. 6, 296–515 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=PVZSAAAAcAAJ
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) List of exotic Orthoptera described by S. H. Scudder, 1868-1879, with a revision of their nomenclature. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 27(12), 201–218. [1896] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/257772#page/321/mode/1up
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  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1916) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the coastal plains and piedmont region of the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 68, 87–314. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79453#page/95/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1917) The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911. J.C. Branner, Director. Orthoptera II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 43(1), 89–154. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4253_001#page/94/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1920) Records and descriptions of Brazilian Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 72, 214–293. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84782#page/242/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1928) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Colombia. Fifth paper. Orthopterous family Gryllidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 54(2), 79–124. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4264_002#page/25/mode/1up
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  • Alexander, R.D. (1962) Evolutionary change in cricket acoustical communication. Evolution, 16, 443–467. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/k340la62b.pdf
  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.
  • Aguilar F., P.G. (1973) Especies de grillos registrados para el Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología, 16, 121–123. Available at http://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/entomologia/v16/pdf/a22v16.pdf
  • Forrest, T.G. (1983) Phonotaxis and calling song in Puerto Rican mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 76(4), 797–799.
  • Nickle, D.A. & Castner, J.L. (1984) Introduced species of mole crickets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 77(4), 450–465. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s341lnc84.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Canhedo-Lascombe, V.L. & Corseuil, E. (1996) Caracterização das espécies de Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera) do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, com algumas observações biológicas e sonográficas. Iheringia, Serie Zoologia, 80, 65–104. Available at http://archive.org/details/biostor-251322
  • Villani, M.G., Allee, L.L., Preston-Wilsey, L.A., Consolie, N., Xia, Y. & Brandenburg, R.L. (2002) Use of radiography and tunnel castings for observing mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) behavior in soil. American Entomologist (Lanham, Md.), 48(1), 42–50.
  • Nickle, D.A. (2003) A revision of the mole cricket genus Scapteriscus with the description of a morphologically similar new genus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 129(3-4), 411–485.
  • 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.
  • Hung, Y.P. & Prestwich, K.N. (2004) Is significant acoustic energy found in the audible and ultrasonic harmonics in cricket calling songs? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 13(2), 231–238. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282004%29013%5B0231%3AISAEFI%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Hill, P.S.M., Wells, H. & Shadley, J.R. (2006) Singing from a constructed burrow: why vary the shape of the burrow mouth? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 23–29. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B23%3ASFACBW%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Otte, D. & Perez-Gelabert, D.E. (2009) Caribbean Crickets. Orthopterist's Society, 792 pp.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae). Zootaxa, 3985(4), 451–490.
  • Kostromytska, O., Scharf, M.E. & Buss, E.A. (2015) Types and functions of mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) antennal and palpal sensilla. The Florida Entomologist, 98(2), 593–605. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.098.0232
  • Silva, D.S.M., Pereira, M.R. & Sperber, C.F. (2017) The type material of Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera) deposited in the Orthoptera collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia (ANSP): an updated checklist. Zootaxa, 4318(3), 499–519.
  • Capinera, J.L. (2019) Tawny Mole Cricket Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder, 1869) (Gryllotalpidae). In Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 233–236.
  • Zefa, E., Martins, L.de P., Demari, C.P., Acosta, R.C., Centeno, E., Castro-Souza, R.A., Lobregat de Oliveira, G., Miyoshi, A.R., Fianco, M., Redü, D.R., Timm, V.F., Matiotti da Costa, M.K. & Szinwelski, N. (2022) Singing crickets from Brazil (Orthoptera: Gryllidea), an illustrated checklist with access to the sounds produced. Zootaxa, 5209(2), 211–237.

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