Subspecies

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862)

Northern Crested Grouse Locust

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 1. male, head, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 5. female, head, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 8. male, head, facial view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 11. female, head, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 12. female, head, facial view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 16. female, ovipositor, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig 17a. pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig.17 a. pronotum, anterior view. (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 18a. pronotum, lateral view (Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus). (Otu).

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 18a. pronotum, anterior view (Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1534270; c2880c53-47b0-41da-86cd-f96270103762: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1534270; c2880c53-47b0-41da-86cd-f96270103762: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1534270; c2880c53-47b0-41da-86cd-f96270103762: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1534270; c2880c53-47b0-41da-86cd-f96270103762: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (54)

Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862: 478.
Syntype; female; c2880c53-47b0-41da-86cd-f96270103762; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Massachusetts
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862: 479.
Syntype; e5881006-1e87-4776-8bc0-7be9ec33ab51; United States: Massachusetts

Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862 in Scudder, 1869: 11.
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862 in Scudder, 1869: 11.
Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862 in Scudder, 1878: 90.
Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862 in Caulfield, 1887: 402.
Tettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Bolívar, 1887: 260.
Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862 in Fernald, 1888: 48.
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862 in Fernald, 1888: 49.
Tettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Giglio-Tos, 1893: 11.
Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862 in Beutenmüller, 1894: 311.
Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862 in Morse, 1894: 54.
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862 in Morse, 1894: 54.
Nomotettix cristatus f. carinatus (Scudder, 1862) in Morse, 1894: 150.
Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Morse, 1894: 150.
Nomotettix carinatus (Scudder, 1862) in Bruner, 1897: 138.
Nomotettix sinufrons Hancock, 1899: 279.
Holotype; female; fca52b8a-c2e4-480d-8d0c-0687b6f031b3; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Minnesota: Ramsey: St. Anthony Park
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862 in Scudder, 1901: 37.
Nomotettix arcuatus Hancock, 1902: 65.
Holotype; female; 0ac7a3c4-04c3-4ff7-a54f-69eb6a6a654f; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Georgia: Tift: Tifton
Nomotettix sinufrons Hancock, 1899 in Hancock, 1902: 57.
Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Hancock, 1902: 60.
Nomotettix carinatus (Scudder, 1862) in Hancock, 1902: 63.
Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Morse, 1904: 24.
Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus Morse, 1906: 119.
Nomotettix borealis Walker, 1909: 173.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; 4dc8ba06-0036-453c-87a1-92dccefff443; Canada: Ontario: Diamand Lake
Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus Morse, 1906 in Morse & Hebard, 1915: 98.
Nomotettix borealis Walker, 1909 (subjective synonym of Nomotettix sinufrons Hancock, 1899) in Hancock, 1918: 346.
Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Morse, 1920: 529.
Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Blatchley, 1920: 157.
Nemotettix [sic] cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Olsen, 1929: 181.
Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus Morse, 1906 in Hebard, 1934: 168.
Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Hebard, 1934: 166.
Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Rehn & Grant, 1955: 21.
Nomotettix sinufrons Hancock, 1899 in Rehn & Grant, 1961: 36.
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Rehn & Grant, 1961: 36.
Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus Morse, 1906 (subjective synonym of Nomotettix compressus Morse, 1895) in Rehn & Grant, 1961: 38.
Nomotettix borealis Walker, 1909 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Rehn & Grant, 1961: 36.
Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Rehn & Grant, 1961: 36.
Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Vickery & Kevan, 1967: 41.
Nemotettix [sic] cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Mani, 1968: 373.
Nomotettix arcuatus Hancock, 1902 in Otte, 1979: 40.
Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus Morse, 1906 in Otte, 1979: 52.
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 307.
Nomotettix borealis Walker, 1909 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 307.
Nomotettix sinufrons Hancock, 1899 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 307.
Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 307.
Nomotettix cristatus denticulatus Morse, 1906 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Otte, 1997: 109.
Batrachidea carinata Scudder, 1862 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Otte, 1997: 109.
Nomotettix arcuatus Hancock, 1902 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Otte, 1997: 109.
Nomotettix borealis Walker, 1909 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Otte, 1997: 109.
Nomotettix sinufrons Hancock, 1899 (subjective synonym of Batrachidea cristatus Scudder, 1862) in Otte, 1997: 109.
Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Bland, 2003: 126.

Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 332.
Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1862) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 433.

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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
Subspecies	1	0	12	13