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Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862)

Dusky Grasshopper
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): (Otu).
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): (Otu).
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): habitus and wings. (Otu).
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 27D. fastigium, dorsal view. (Otu).
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 28F. pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 29A. hindwing. (Otu).
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 8. male habitus. (Otu).
Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 9. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (37)

  • Oedipoda costalis Scudder, 1862: 473.

    Holotype; male; 4729fae3-fe68-4f4b-98e0-3c36cf7ca09e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas

  • Oedipoda costalis Scudder, 1862 in Walker, 1870: 732.
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  • Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 286-287.
  • Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1862) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 147.

Nomenclature references (28)

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  • Brust, M.L., Bomar, C.R. & Harman, A.J. (2025) Updated county-level distribution records for Wisconsin short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae and Romaleidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.124604
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  • Caudell, A.N. (1908) Notes on some western Orthoptera, with the description of one new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 34, 71–81. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53517#page/99/mode/1up
  • García García, P.L. & Fontana, P. (2006) Diversidad y fenología de los ortópteros del Parque Nacional El Cimatario, Querétaro. Entomología Mexicana, 5(2), 249–254.
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  • Johnson, D.L. (2001) Band-winged grasshoppers of the Canadian Prairies and Northern Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, 7, 5–12.
  • Kirk, K. & Bomar, C.R. (2005) Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. In Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison.
  • Otte, D. (1970) A comparative study of communicative behavior in grasshoppers. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 141, 1–168. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56385
  • 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 II: New Mexico and western Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 61, 111–175. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84740#page/119/mode/1up
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  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 9, 1–60. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88768#page/23/mode/1up
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  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/mode/1up
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  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich

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