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Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873)

Painted Meadow Grasshopper

Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873): habitus. (Otu).
Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873): habitus. (Otu).
Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873): Fig. 25F. head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873): Fig. 25J. pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Lectotype; male; USNM #1059; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States

Nomenclature (24)

  • Tragocephala pacifica Thomas, 1873: 101.
  • Tragocephala pacifica Thomas, 1873 in Scudder, 1875: 484.
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  • Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 81, Plate 9.
  • Chimarocephala behrensi Saussure, 1884 (synonym of Tragocephala pacifica Thomas, 1873) in Hollier, 2012: 218.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • 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.
  • 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
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  • Caudell, A.N. (1905) The species of the genus Chimarocephala, and descriptions of two new species of Californian Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 7, 123–126. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19615#page/143/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. (1932) The Orthoptera of Kansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 83, 119–227. [1931]
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(2), 215–260. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183707#page/71/mode/1up
  • 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. (1909) An orthopterological reconnoisance of the southwest United States. Part III: California and Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 61, 409–483. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288106#page/417/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1875) Revision of two American genera of Oedipodidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 478–485.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1876) Appendix H9. Report on the Orthoptera collected under the direction of Lieut. G. M. Wheeler, during the season of 1875. Ann. Rep. Chief Engineer's U.S. Geogr. Surv. W. of 100th Merid., Appendix JJ, 498–515.
  • 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
  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part I: Synopsis of the Acrididae of North America. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 1–190. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/13/mode/1up
  • de Saussure, H. (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 28(9), 1–254, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38465
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Descendants and synonyms

  • Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873)
    • =Chimarocephala behrensi Saussure, 1884
    • =Tragocephala brevipennis Scudder, 1875
    • =Chimarocephala pacifica var. incisa Caudell, 1905
    • =Chimarocephala pacifica var. obtusa Caudell, 1905
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Chimarocephala pacifica (Thomas, 1873)

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