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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Microcentrum Scudder, 1862

Type

type species by original designation of Microcentrum Scudder, 1862

Nomenclature (22)

  • Microcentrum Scudder, 1862: 446.

    type species by original designation Microcentrum affiliatum Scudder, 1862 in Rehn & Hebard, 1908

  • Microcentrum Scudder, 1862 in Stål, 1874: 18.
  • Microcentrum Scudder, 1862 in Sovano & Cadena-Castañeda, 2015
  • Microcentrum Scudder, 1862 (classified as Microcentrina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Gorochov, 2026: 3, 30.

References (21)

  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Boston Journal of Natural History, 7(3), 409–480. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/materialsformono00scudrich
  • Riley, C.V. (1874) Katydis. Annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects of the State of Missouri, 6, 150–169. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78711#page/326/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1874) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm, Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Guide to the genera and classification of North American Orthoptera found north of Mexico. Cambridge, Mass., 87 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/guidetogeneracla00scudrich
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de & 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
  • 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
  • Caudell, A.N. (1907) Book Notice: Kirby's Catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. II. The Canadian Entomologist, 39(8), 287–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88663#page/311/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1908) An orthopterological reconnaissance of the southwestern United States. Part I: Arizona. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 60, 365–402. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30138
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
  • Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
  • Grove, D.G. (1959) The natural history of the angular-winged katydid. Cornell University, Ithaca. PhD thesis.
  • 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
  • Montealegre-Z., F., González, R. & Carrejo, N. (1993) Los Phanopterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) presentes en la Colección Entomológica de la Universidad del Valle. Boletín del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle, 1(1), 41–51.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2014) Las tribus Microcentrini, stat. nov. y Amblycoryphini, stat. nov. (Orthoptera: Tettiginioidea: Phaneropterinae): cuarto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 55, 19–39.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) Adiciones a las tribus Pycnopalpini y Microcentrini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): sexto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotrópicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 149–160.
  • Sovano, R.S.da S. & Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) New species of Microcentrum Scudder, 1862 (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Phaneropteridae) from Amazon rainforest. Zootaxa, 3937(3), 591–600.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2026) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 13: the subtribes Microcentrina and Stilpnochlorina subtrib.n. Russian Entomological Journal, 35(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.35.1.01

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek μικρός = small and κέντρον = sting, possibly relating to the small ovipositor.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Subgenus50510
Species62096158
Subspecies4037