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Species

Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862)

Pasture Grasshopper; Slant-faced Pasture Grasshopper; Pasture Locust
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862): nymph (Spotted Tail Road, about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 28 June 2020). (Otu).
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862): nymph (Spotted Tail Road, about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 28 June 2020). (Otu).
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862): females (top) and male (below). (Otu).
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862): Fig. 56A. head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862): Pl. II, Fig. 39. pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862): Pl. IV, Fig. 17c. female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862): Pl. IV, Fig. 17d. head and pronotum, dorsal view (Orphula decora). (Otu).

Nomenclature (52)

  • Stenobothrus speciosus Scudder, 1862: 458.

    Holotype; male; 6dd6c54d-9c86-4bfb-95b2-953f6030872f; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Minnesota: Ramsey: St. Paul

  • Stenobothrus aequalis Scudder, 1862: 459.
  • Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 71, Plate 5.
  • Orphulella speciosa (Scudder, 1862) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 200.

References (26)

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  • Scudder, S.H. (1872) Notes on the Orthoptera collected by Dr. F. V. Hayden in Nebraska. Part III Entomology. In Final Report of the United States Geological Survey of Nebraska and Portions of the adjecent territories made under the direction of the commissioner of the General Land office. U. S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington. 249–261 pp.
  • Beutenmüller, W. (1894) Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 6(Article XII), 253–316, plates V-X. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1570
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  • Walker, E.M. (1898) Notes on some Ontario Acridiidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 30(5), 122–126. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/canadianentomolo30ento
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  • Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299
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  • Otte, D. (1981) Acrididae: Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 1, 274 pp.
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  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
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  • 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.
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for handsome or beautiful.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species10910