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Metator pardalinus (Saussure, 1884)

Blue-legged Grasshopper

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

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)

  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • Bruner, L. (1908) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 249–342. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
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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.
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • 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

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