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Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893)

Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893): (Otu).
Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893): (Otu).
Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893): Fig. 46C. fastigium. (Otu).
Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893): Fig. 47G. lateral profile of pronotum. (Otu).
Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893): Fig. 47H. lateral profile of pronotum. (Otu).
Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893): Fig. 45D. spurs of hind tibia. (Otu).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Scirtetica occidentalis Bruner, 1893: 266.

    Holotype; female; 690864df-5eb8-4efa-8d22-01376387f8dd; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: California: Inyo: Argus Mts

  • Microtes nubila Scudder, 1901: 1-101.
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  • Dissosteira planipennis Bruner, 1905 (subjective synonym of Scirtetica occidentalis Bruner, 1893) in Otte, 1984: 325.
  • Microtes occidentalis (Bruner, 1893) in Otte, 1984: 175.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Bruner, L. (1893) Descriptions of new species of Orthoptera from the Death Valley expedition. N. Amer. Fauna, 7, 266–268.
  • Bruner, L. (1905) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 105–176. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
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  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Notes on some United States grasshoppers. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 49, 25–31. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53483#page/101/mode/1up
  • Gurney, A.B. & Strohecker, H.F. (1959) Some Californian Oedipodine grasshoppers, particularly three species given the specific name occidentalis Lawrence Bruner (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, New Series, 54, 77–82.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Otte, D. (1984) Acrididae: Oedipodinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 2, 366 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(1), 60–128. Available at http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca64acad/page/60/mode/2up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Catalogue of the described Orthoptera of the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 8, 1–102, plates I-III. [1899]
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf

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