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Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875)

Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875): female (north of Crawford, Nebraska, 17 July 2020). (Otu).
Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875): female (north of Crawford, Nebraska, 17 July 2020). (Otu).
Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875): 5th-instar nymph (about 18 miles north of Crawford, Nebraska, 20 June 2020). (Otu).
Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875): male (north of Crawford, Nebraska, 25 July 2020). (Otu).
Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875): habitus. (Otu).
Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875): Fig. 56E. pronotum. (Otu).

Nomenclature (29)

  • Oedipoda sparsa Thomas, 1875: 883.

    Neotype; male; eeac295b-7e80-4d79-90b4-ae40c2f16dd2; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Colorado: Montrose: Cedar Creek

  • Circotettix sparsa (Thomas, 1875) in Scudder, 1876: 498-515.
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  • Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 505.
  • Trimerotropis sparsa (Thomas, 1875) in Richman, Lightfoot, Sutherland & Ferguson, 1993: 102.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Barnum (1964) Orthoptera of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, 4(3), 134 pp.
  • 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. (1889) New North American Acrididae, found North of the Mexican boundary. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 12, 47–82. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53609#page/63/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1903) Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26, 775–809, Plate 55. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32571#page/903/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Fixation of the single types of species of Orthoptera described by Cyrus Thomas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 79, 1–11.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. (1876) Appendix H9. Report on the Orthoptera collected 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., Appendix JJ, 498–515.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1900) The species of Circotettix, a North American genus of Oedipodinae. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 9(296), 135–141. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42922#page/149/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Four new species of Hippiscus. The Canadian Entomologist, 33(3), 88–92. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88722#page/100/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Thomas, C. (1875) Report upon the collection of Orthoptera made in portions of Nevada, Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, during the years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874. Report. U. S. Geol. Surv. W of 100th Merid, 5, 843–908, pl. 43–45. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20178#page/941/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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin sparsus, sprinkled or spotted, alluding to fuscous dots on body and tegmina.

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