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Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825)

Say's Grasshopper; Orange-legged Grasshopper
Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825): Pl. 11, Fig. 2. male, dorsal view (eastern slopes of Pike's Peak, 6500 ft., probably near type locality) (previously Synonym Spharagemon humile). (Otu).
Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825): Pl. 11, Fig. 2. male, dorsal view (eastern slopes of Pike's Peak, 6500 ft., probably near type locality) (previously Synonym Spharagemon humile). (Otu).
Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825): (Otu).
Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825): Wing. (Otu).
Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825): Fig. 40R. hind femur. (Otu).
Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825): Fig. 40S. hind femur. (Otu).

Nomenclature (37)

  • Gryllus equalis Say, 1825: 307. (valid)

    Holotype; male; 8421b3c7-c447-45bb-b6c7-9e9c385ebf90; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Kansas: Sherman: 20 mi W of Colby

  • Locusta aequalis [sic] (Say, 1825) in Harris, 1835
  • Spharagemon equale (Say, 1825) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 100, Plate 17.
  • Dissosteira texensis Saussure, 1884 (subjective synonym of Gryllus equalis Say, 1825) in Hollier, 2012: 253.

References (29)

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  • Harris, T.W. (1835) A catalogue of the animals and plants in Massachusetts. VIII. Insects. In Report on the geology, minerology, botany and zoology of Massachusetts. 2nd ed. Amherst, MA. pp. 553–602.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) List of Orthoptera collected on a trip from Assiniboia to Cumberland. The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, and Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Montreal, 7, 283–288. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=DlMWAAAAYAAJ
  • Uhler, P.R. (1862) Notes on Orthoptera. In A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation: Vol. 3rd ed. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89308#page/11/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1870) 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1874) The distribution of insects in New Hampshire. In Final Rept. Geol. New Hampshire. Vol. 1, pp. 331–380.
  • 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
  • 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
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  • Hebard, M. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.
  • 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
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  • Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.
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