species

Metator pardalinus (Saussure, 1884)

Blue-legged Grasshopper

Metator pardalinus (Saussure, 1884): Fig. 64A. head, dorsal view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Lectotype; male; 8b186265-cfc0-4e0c-9a48-136d4b588f75; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United States: Colorado

Nomenclature (22)

Psinidia (Trachyrhachis [sic]) pardalina Saussure, 1884: 161.
Psinidia (Trachyrhachis [sic]) maculosa Saussure, 1884: 162.
Syntype; male; 7eddef9b-672e-4fe1-8326-e8ed85f4e6da; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Canada: British Columbia: Fort McLeod. Syntype; female; e77477d0-a1c0-4297-a52b-931b9c728ec1; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Canada: British Columbia: Fort McLeod
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Psinidia (Trachyrhachis [sic]) maculosa Saussure, 1884 (subjective synonym of Psinidia (Trachyrhachis [sic]) pardalina Saussure, 1884) in Hollier, 2012: 237.
Metator pardalinus (Saussure, 1884) in Hollier, 2012: 246.

Nomenclature references (16)

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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.

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Hebard, M. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.

Henderson, W.W. (1924) A taxonomic and ecological study of the species of the subfamily Oedipodinae (Orth. Acrid.) found in Utah with a summary of world distribution and a list of Orthoptera recorded for the state. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin, 191, 150 pp.

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

Johnson, D.L. (2001) Band-winged grasshoppers of the Canadian Prairies and Northern Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, 7, 5–12.

McNeill, J. (1901) Revision of the Orthopteran genus Trimerotropis. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 23(1215), 393–449. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofuni231901unit

Otte, D. (1984) Acrididae: Oedipodinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 2, 366 pp.

Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1906) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Montana, Yellowstone Park, Utah and Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 58, 358–418. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30129

Richman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Sutherland, C.A. & Ferguson, J.W.H. (1993) A manual of the grasshoppers of New Mexico, Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae. New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Handbook, 7, 1–112. Available at http://nmsu.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/AgCircs/id/63174

Scudder, S.H. (1897) Synonymical and descriptive notes on North American Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 29(4), 73–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88720#page/89/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
de Saussure, H. (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up