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Orchelimum (Orchelimum) erythrocephalum Davis, 1905

Red-headed Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) erythrocephalum Davis, 1905: reproduced by permission. male (from Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, October 2, 2004). (Otu).
Orchelimum (Orchelimum) erythrocephalum Davis, 1905: reproduced by permission. male (from Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, October 2, 2004). (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Orchelimum erythrocephalum Davis, 1905: 288.

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; 42a7384a-57a6-4722-b06b-ac07881f18b0; deposited at: Brooklyn Museum (New York); United States: New Jersey

  • Xiphidium [sic] (Orchelimum) erythrocephalum (Davis, 1905) in Karny, 1907: 83.
  • Orchelimum erythrocephalum Davis, 1905 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 178.
  • Orchelimum erythrocephalum Davis, 1905 in DiGiorgio & Himmelman, 2009: 26.

References (9)

  • Davis, W.T. (1905) The red-headed Orchelimum and some other New Jersey Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 37(8), 288–289. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22099#page/308/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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
  • Vickery, V.R. & Johnstone, D.E. (1974) Changes in synonymy in Orchelimum Audinet-Serville, 1838 (Grylloptera: Tettigonioidea: Conocephalidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 106, 423–428.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • DiGiorgio, M. & Himmelman, J. (2009) Guide to Night-Singing Insects of the Northeast. Stackpole Books, 160 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012