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Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869)

Bog Katydid

Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): calling male (northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): calling male (northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): male (northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): habitat with calling male in little spruce in foreground (stem, ~15 cm below tip, northwestern Ontario, July 2005). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): 2005. habitat (spruce bog in northwestern Ontario). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): male, lateral view (syntype of Idionotus brevipes). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): male, dorsal view (syntype of Idionotus brevipes). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): female (paralectotype). (Otu).
Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869): female ovipositor (paralectotype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1517155; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517155; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517155; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65: male cerci (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Syntype; male; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Canada: Ontario: Hudsons Bay, Martin's Falls

Nomenclature (36)

  • Decticus sphagnorum Walker, 1869: 258.

    Syntype; male; 61c3d745-d898-465b-b509-14fe56ad6a65; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Canada: Ontario: Hudsons Bay, Martin's Falls

  • Orchelimum sphagnorum (Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1906: 274.
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  • Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869) in Kostarakos & Römer, 2018
  • Sphagniana sphagnorum (Walker, 1869) in Storozhenko, 2023: 566.

Nomenclature references (27)

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) In 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
  • 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.
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  • Caudell, A.N. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of the single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64, 157–168. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/169/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1907) The Decticinae (a group of Orthoptera) of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 32, 285–410. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53434#page/363/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1908) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Decticinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 72, 1–43 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105244#page/339/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1930) The Orthoptera of Alberta. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 82, 377–403. [1931] Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5AsxAlRXLyEC
  • Hebard, M. (1939) Studies in Orthoptera which occur in North America north of the Mexican boundary X and XI. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 65(2), 161–191. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4275_002#page/105/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
  • Kostarakos, K. & Römer, H. (2018) Listening in the bog: II. Neural correlates for acoustic interactions and spacing between Sphagniana sphagnorum males. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 204, 353–367. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-018-1251-7
  • Morris, G.K. & Pipher, R.E. (1972) The relation of song structure to tegminal movement in Metrioptera sphagnorum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 104, 977–985. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/s104lmp72.pdf
  • Morris, G.K. (1970) Sound analyses of Metrioptera sphagnorum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 102, 363–368. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s104lm70.pdf
  • Morris, G.K. (2008) Size and carrier in the bog katydid, Metrioptera sphagnorum (Orthoptera: Ensifera, Tettigoniidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(2), 333–342. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.333
  • Morris, G.K., Hall, A.M. & Römer, H. (2018) Listening in the bog: I. Acoustic interactions and spacing between males of Sphagniana sphagnorum. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 204, 339–351. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-018-1250-8
  • Morris, G.K., Kerr, G.E. & Gwynne, D.T. (1975) Calling song function in the bog katydid, Metrioptera sphagnorum (F. Walker) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): Female phonotaxis to normal and altered song. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 37, 502–514.
  • Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Südost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 27, 1–431.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Birchim, J.D. (1968) Revisionary studies in the Nearctic Decticinae. Memoirs of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 3, 1–173. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s104lrb68.pdf
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2023) Orthoptera of Northeast Asia and Northwest America. Zootaxa, 5264(4), 564–578.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1930) Notes on new or less-known Holartic Decticinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5(28), 400–405.
  • 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. (1983) A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 13(1), I-IV, i-xxii, 1–679.
  • 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
  • Vickery, V.R. (1967) The Orthoptera of Alaska, Yukon, and the Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 93, 249–278.
  • Walker, E.M. (1909) On the Orthoptera of Northern Ontario. The Canadian Entomologist, 41(5-7), 137–144, 173–178, 205–212. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22162#page/149/mode/1up
  • Walker, E.M. (1911) On the habits and stridulation of Idionotus brevipes Caudell, and other notes on Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 43(9), 303–304. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88635#page/315/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1941) The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 91, 1–50, figs. 1–45.
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Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Spruce bogs.

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Gender, form, and etymology
Noun in apposition
Etymology:

Derived from the name of the type species, which in turn seems to refer to the typical habitat, spruce bogs with Sphagnum moss.

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