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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
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  • 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.

Nomenclature references (29)

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  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
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  • Bruner, L. (1885) Contribution to the North Trans-continental Survey. Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 17(1), 9–19. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22147#page/14/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Caudell, A.N. (1911) Some remarks on Kirby's Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, Vol. III, with additional notes on vols. I and II. Entomological News, 22(4), 158–167. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20277#page/204/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
  • Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Morse, A.P. & Hebard, M. (1915) Fixation of single type (lectotypic) specimens of species of American Orthoptera. Division III. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 67, 96–106. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17758#page/104/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Weissman, D.B. (1980) An annotated checklist of the grasshopper species of Aerochoreutes, Circotettix and Trimerotropis (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Oedipodinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 106(2), 223–252.
  • 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
  • Say, T. (1825) Descriptions of new hemipterous insects collected in the expedition to the Rocky Mountains, performed by order of Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under command of Major Long. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 4, 307–345. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79352#page/321/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Catalogue of the described Orthoptera of the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 8, 1–102, plates I-III. [1899]
  • 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
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) In 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

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