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Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: female (allotype of calcaratum) (previously Synonym Orchelimum (Orchelimum) calcaratum). (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: female (allotype of calcaratum) (previously Synonym Orchelimum (Orchelimum) calcaratum). (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: Pl. IV, Fig. 133. male left cercus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: Pl. I, Fig. 1 (after type). male (body length 19,6 mm, pronotum 6 mm, hind femur 18.2 mm) (previously Synonym Orchelimum (Orchelimum) calcaratum). (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: Pl. II, Fig. 22 (specimen from Texas). male, stridulatory area of left tegmen (previously Synonym Orchelimum (Orchelimum) calcaratum). (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: Pl. III, Fig. 43 (after type). male left cercus, dorsal outline (previously Synonym Orchelimum (Orchelimum) calcaratum). (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: Pl. III, Fig. 44 (after type). male left cercus, lateral outline (previously Synonym Orchelimum (Orchelimum) calcaratum). (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) silvaticum McNeill, 1891: Pl. IV, Fig. 73 (allotype from Texas). ovipositor (previously Synonym Orchelimum (Orchelimum) calcaratum). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1522201; b45f4fde-e1b2-45e7-9f2c-ebbc0a2ec8d5: male (holotype of calcaratum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522201; b45f4fde-e1b2-45e7-9f2c-ebbc0a2ec8d5: pronotum and stridulatory apparatus (holotype of calcaratum). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Orchelimum silvaticum McNeill, 1891: 26. (valid)

    Syntype; 86dc177b-d00e-4efb-a913-981c18d2aaee; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Illinois: Rock Island: Rock Island

  • Orchelimum silvaticum McNeill, 1891 in Blatchley, 1894: 136.
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  • Orchelimum silvaticum McNeill, 1891 (subjective synonym of Locusta agilis De Geer, 1773) in Otte, 1997: 48.
  • Orchelimum silvaticum McNeill, 1891 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 178, 181, Plate 39.

Nomenclature references (18)

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1894) The Locustidae of Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, 92–153. [1892] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8529943#page/100/mode/1up
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, 781 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16768
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  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
  • Hebard, M. (1932) The Orthoptera of Kansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 83, 119–227. [1931]
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Hubbell, T.H. & Ortenburger, A.I. (1926) Notes on Oklahoma Orthoptera with a list of species from the state. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 6, 149–183. Available at http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OAS/article/download/2438/2135
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Conocephalinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 135, 1–17 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123362#page/3/mode/1up
  • 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
  • McNeill, J. (1891) A List of the Orthoptera of Illinois. II. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 6(178), 21–27. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47616#page/41/mode/1up
  • McNeill, J. (1900) Orchelimum, Serv. The Canadian Entomologist, 32(3), 77–83. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88721#page/91/mode/1up
  • Morris, G.K. & Walker, T.J. (1976) Calling songs of Orchelimum meadow katydids (Tettigoniidae). I. Mechanism, terminology, and geographic distribution. The Canadian Entomologist, 108, 785–800. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s220lm76.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1915) Studies in American Tettigoniidae IV. Orchelimum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 41(1), 11–83. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4251_001#page/14/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Catalogue of the described Orthoptera of the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 8, 1–102, plates I-III. [1899]
  • Shapiro, L.H. (1996) In Hybridization and geographic variation in two meadow katydid contact zones. Ph.D. thesis, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
  • 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
  • Walker, T.J. (1975) Effects of temperature on rates in poikilotherm nervous systems: evidence from the calling songs of meadow katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Orchelium) and reanalysis of published data. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 101, 57–69.

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