species

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875

Black-legged Meadow Katydid

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: female head and pronotum dorsal (holotype of Xiphidium validum Walker) (previously Synonym Xiphidium validum). (Otu).

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: 21-Sept-2005. male (from Ohio, Licking County, Hill Wetland Reserve). (Otu).

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: Pl. IV, Fig. 134. male left cercus, dorsal view. (Otu).

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: Pl. I, Fig. 11 (specimen from Texas). male pronotum, lateral outline. (Otu).

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: Pl. II, Fig. 25 (specimen from Texas). male, stridulatory area of male tegmen. (Otu).

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: Pl. III, Fig. 49 (specimen from Texas). male left cercus, dorsal outline. (Otu).

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: Pl. III, Fig. 50 (specimen from Texas). male left cercus, lateral outline. (Otu).

Orchelimum (Orchelimum) nigripes Scudder, 1875: Pl. IV, Fig. 76 (specimen from Nebraska). ovipositor. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1522200; 615ff13d-4399-412e-ba6c-a518ae9cb26d: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1522200; 615ff13d-4399-412e-ba6c-a518ae9cb26d: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1522200; 615ff13d-4399-412e-ba6c-a518ae9cb26d: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (35)

Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875: 459. (valid)
Holotype; male; 615ff13d-4399-412e-ba6c-a518ae9cb26d; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas
Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875 in McNeill, 1891: 25.
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Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875 in Bland, 2003: 157.
Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 178.

Nomenclature references (28)

Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
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
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Blatchley, W.S. (1903) The Orthoptera of Indiana. Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana [Orthoptera of Indiana], 27, 123–471. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36406

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

Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299

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.

de Saussure, H. & Pictet, A. (1898) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 345–456. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm

Feaver, M. (1977) In Aspects of the behavioral ecology of three species of Orchelimum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Feaver, M. (1983) Pair formation in the katydid Orchelimum nigripes (Orthotera: Tettigoniidae). In Orthopteran Mating Systems: Sexual Competition in a Diverse Group of Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, CO. pp. 205–239. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s220lf83.pdf

Feaver, M. (1985) Interspecific interactions between Orchelimum nigripes and Orchelium volantum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist, 18(1), 15–18. Available at http://www.michentsoc.org/gle-pdfs/vol18no1.pdf

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

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.

Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up

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Scudder, S.H. (1875) A Century of Ortoptera. Decade II. Locustinae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 454–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130650#page/466/mode/1up

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Shapiro, L.H. (2000) Reproductive costs to heterospecific mating between two hybridizing katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 93, 440–446.

Vickery, V.R. & Kerr, G.E. (1975) Additional records of Ensifera (Gryllotpera) in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 105, 96–100. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43455464#page/106/mode/1up

Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/mode/1up
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

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	4	5