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Stenopelmatus ater Saussure & Pictet, 1897

Costa Rican Black Jerusalem Cricket
CollectionObject 1517599; 8520d1d2-9ccb-444c-b943-7aaa2019cf6a, NHMUK015982099: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517599; 8520d1d2-9ccb-444c-b943-7aaa2019cf6a, NHMUK015982099: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517599; 8520d1d2-9ccb-444c-b943-7aaa2019cf6a, NHMUK015982099: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517599; 8520d1d2-9ccb-444c-b943-7aaa2019cf6a, NHMUK015982099: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517599; 8520d1d2-9ccb-444c-b943-7aaa2019cf6a, NHMUK015982099: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Stenopelmatus ater Saussure & Pictet, 1897: 291.
  • Stenopelmatus ater Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Kirby, 1906: 112.
  • Stenopelmatus ater Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Hollier, 2011: 348.
  • Stenopelmatus ater Saussure & Pictet, 1897 in Weissman, Vandergast, Song, Shin, McKenna & Ueshima, 2021: 23.

References (6)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de & Pictet, A. (1897) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 285–344. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
  • Weissman, D.B. (2001) North and Central American Jerusalem Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae): taxonomy, distribution, life cycle, ecology and related biology of the American species. In The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. Wallingford. pp. 57–72.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437
  • Weissman, D.B., Vandergast, A.G., Song, H., Shin, S., McKenna, D.D. & Ueshima, N. (2021) Generic relationships of New World Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Stenopelmatinae), including all known species of Stenopelmatus. Zootaxa, 4917(1), 1–122.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1001