species

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875

Ridgeback Sand Grasshopper

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875: wings. (Otu).

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875: Fig. 40A. fastigium. (Otu).

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875: Fastigium, Fig. 40D. (Otu).

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875: Fig. 41C. pronotum. (Otu).

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875: Fig. 40V. hind femur. (Otu).

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875: Hind femur, Fig. 40X. (Otu).

CollectionObject 2161269; 57829458-ff21-4d0f-9560-db55957ab825: Male genitalia, phallic complex, dorsal. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2161269; 57829458-ff21-4d0f-9560-db55957ab825: Adult male habitus. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2161269; 57829458-ff21-4d0f-9560-db55957ab825: Male genitalia, phallic complex, lateral. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2161269; 57829458-ff21-4d0f-9560-db55957ab825: Male genitalia, phallic complex, caudal. (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; d4da3d37-322f-4f4d-94e4-c49cc88fb7a1; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas: Belfrage

Nomenclature (19)

Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875: 470. (valid)
Holotype; male; d4da3d37-322f-4f4d-94e4-c49cc88fb7a1; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas: Belfrage
Dissosteira (Spharagemon) cristatum (Scudder, 1875) in Saussure, 1884
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Spharagemon superbum Hebard, 1937 (subjective synonym of Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875) in Otte, 2009
Spharagemon cristatum Scudder, 1875 in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 303-304.

Nomenclature references (16)

Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) In Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México. 388 pp.
Capinera, J.L., Scherer, C.W. & Squitier, J.M. (2001) In Grasshoppers of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. 131 pp. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/ghopper.html
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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.

Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up

Hebard, M. (1937) Studies in Orthoptera which occur in North America north of the Mexican boundary VII-IX. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 63(3), 347–379. Available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/title/5077659.html

Hoekstra, J.M. (1998) Conserving Orthoptera in the wild: lessons from Trimerotropis infantilis (Oedipodinae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 2(3-4), 179–185.

Morse, A.P. (1895) Revision of the species of Spharagemon. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 7, 287–299. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42913#page/319/mode/1up

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.

Otte, D. (2009) New status for the grasshopper genus Eximacris Otte, 1984 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 135(4), 493.

Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Records of Orthoptera from the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas. Entomological News, 18, 209–212. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84871#page/243/mode/1up

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. & 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

Scudder, S.H. (1875) Spharagemon. A genus of Oedipodidae; with a revision of the species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 467–471. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofbos17bostuoft

Tinkham, E.R. (1948) Faunistic and ecological studies on the Orthoptera of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas, with especial reference to the orthopteran zones and faunae of midwestern North America. The American Midland Naturalist, 40, 521–663. [1949]
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