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Species

Capnobotes occidentalis (Thomas, 1872)

Western Longwing
Capnobotes occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male. (Otu).
Capnobotes occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male. (Otu).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Locusta occidentalis Thomas, 1872: 444.

    Holotype; female; a05ec096-e9a6-4830-8cf0-17c263f008dc; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: California: Santa Barbara: Tepusquet Peak

  • Capnobotes occidentalis (Thomas, 1872) in Scudder, 1897: 74.
  • Capnobotes viridis Cockerell, 1904 (subjective synonym of Locusta occidentalis Thomas, 1872) in Otte, 1997: 299.
  • Capnobotes occidentalis (Thomas, 1872) in Warchalowska-Sliwa, 1998: 169.

References (16)

  • Thomas, C. (1872) Notes on the saltatorial Orthoptera of the Rocky Mountain regions. In Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and Portions of Adjacent Territories; being a Fifth Annual Report of Progress. Vol. 5, pp. 423–466, 2 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=NgdSAAAAcAAJ
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Synonymical and descriptive notes on North American Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 29(4), 73–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88720#page/89/mode/1up
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. (1904) Note on the orthopterous genus Capnobotes. The Entomologist, 37, 179–181. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44231#page/223/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
  • 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. & 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
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Fixation of the single types of species of Orthoptera described by Cyrus Thomas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 79, 1–11.
  • Hebard, M. (1935) Orthoptera of the upper Rio Grande valley and the adjacent mountains in northern New Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 87, 45–82.
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1944) Biological, taxonomic and faunistic studies on the shield-backed katydids of the North American deserts. The American Midland Naturalist, 31(2), 257–328. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s104lt44.pdf
  • Rivers, I.L. (1948) A synopsis of Nevada Orthoptera. The American Midland Naturalist, 39, 652–720.
  • Barnum (1964) Orthoptera of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, 4(3), 134 pp.
  • 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
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Lightfoot, D.C. (1976) Notes on the distribution of Oregon shield-backed katydids with the description of a new species of Idiostatus. Entomological News, 87(5-6), 145–158. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55165#page/415/mode/1up
  • Ueshima, N. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1979) Chromosome systems in the North American Decticinae with reference to Robertsonian changes (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Cytologia, 44(3), 693–714. Available at http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cytologia1929/44/3/44_3_693/_pdf/-char/ja
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1045