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Conozoa sulcifrons (Scudder, 1876)

Groove-Headed Grasshopper
Conozoa sulcifrons (Scudder, 1876): habitus and wings. (Otu).
Conozoa sulcifrons (Scudder, 1876): habitus and wings. (Otu).
Conozoa sulcifrons (Scudder, 1876): Fig. 46G. pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Conozoa sulcifrons (Scudder, 1876): Fig. 47I. pronotum, lateral profile. (Otu).
Conozoa sulcifrons (Scudder, 1876): Pl. 2 fig. 4. female, dorsal view (Conozoa acuminata). (Otu).

Nomenclature (33)

  • Psinidia sulcifrons Scudder, 1876: 293.

    Holotype; male; 40390c55-13d7-465e-8b3c-9afc89952079; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: San Bernardino: near Mohave river

  • Psinidia wallula Scudder, 1880: 27.
  • Conozoa sulcifrons (Scudder, 1876) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 85, Plate 10.
  • Conozoa behrensi Saussure, 1884 (subjective synonym of Psinidia sulcifrons Scudder, 1876) in Hollier, 2012: 218-219.

References (23)

  • Scudder, S.H. (1876) Report on the Orthoptera collected by the U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, 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., 278–295.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1880) List of Orthoptera collected by Dr. A. S. Packard in the western United States in the summer of 1877. In 2nd Report of the U. S. Entomological Commission for the years 1878 and 1879 relating to the Rocky Mountain Locust and Western Cricket. Government Printing Office, Washington D. C. Vol. Appendix2, pp. 23–28, pl. XVII. [1881]
  • 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. & 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) Notes on Orthoptera from Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 562–575. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096#page/612/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1905) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 105–176. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Notes on Orthoptera from southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 59, 24–81. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=DY9l7J6HxsAC
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1908) An orthopterological reconnaissance of the southwestern United States. Part I: Arizona. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 60, 365–402. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30138
  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(1), 60–128. Available at http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca64acad/page/60/mode/2up
  • 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.
  • Hebard, M. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1929) Studies in Costa Rican Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Paper two. New genera and species of Acrididae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 55(1), 9–77. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4265_001#page/11/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1935) Studies in Orthoptera of Arizona. Part II. A list of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Arizona with new records and corrections of the literature subsequent to 1900. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61(3), 269–316. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4271_003#page/119/mode/1up
  • Gurney, A.B. & Strohecker, H.F. (1959) Some Californian Oedipodine grasshoppers, particularly three species given the specific name occidentalis Lawrence Bruner (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, New Series, 54, 77–82.
  • Thompson, R.M. & Buxton, G.M. (1964) An index of the Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of California, with selected references. Occasional Papers of the Bureau of Entomology, 5, 1–62.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • 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
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 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

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