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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Chortophaga Saussure, 1884

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Chortophaga Saussure, 1884

Nomenclature (18)

  • Locusta (Tragocephala) Harris, 1841: 146. (homonym)
  • Tragocephala Harris, 1841 in Scudder, 1875: 480.
  • Chortophaga Saussure, 1884 in Gómez, Lightfoot & Miller, 2012
  • Chortophaga Saussure, 1884 in Rowell, 2013: 292.

References (14)

  • Harris, T.W. (1841) A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation. Cambridge. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/reportoninsectso01harr
  • Scudder, S.H. (1875) Revision of two American genera of Oedipodidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 478–485.
  • Stål, C. (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49926#page/233/mode/1up
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Guide to the genera and classification of North American Orthoptera found north of Mexico. Cambridge, Mass., 87 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/guidetogeneracla00scudrich
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • Otte, D. (1984) Acrididae: Oedipodinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 2, 366 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Brust, M.L., Hoback, W.W. & Wright, R.J. (2008) A review of the genus Chortophaga (Orthoptera: Acrididae) among Nebraska populations: questioning the validity of Chortophaga australior Rehn and Hebard. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(1), 101–105. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282008%2917%5B101%3AAROTGC%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Gómez, R.A., Lightfoot, D.C. & Miller, K.B. (2012) A phylogenetic review of the North American band-winged grasshopper genus, Encoptolophus Scudder with description of Nebulatettix gen.n. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 43(2), 117–145. Available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24605044
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society, 611 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species402731