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Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897

Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: male (5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 24 June 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: male (5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 24 June 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: male (5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 24 June 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: female (Chadron, Nebraska, 21 July 21 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: female (off Pleasant Ridge Road, about 4 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska, 19 July 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: 5th-instar nymph (off Spotted Tail Road, about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 30 June 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (Hesperotettix viridis festivus, possibly syntype). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (Hesperotettix viridis festivus, possibly syntype). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (Hesperotettix viridis festivus, possibly syntype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1564558; NMW 20.397, 3e9f174d-3fb8-47cd-9e33-7a2f5bc37195: Image Carbonell, C.S. labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564558; NMW 20.397, 3e9f174d-3fb8-47cd-9e33-7a2f5bc37195: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564558; NMW 20.397, 3e9f174d-3fb8-47cd-9e33-7a2f5bc37195: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564559; a1db70fe-5355-4e4e-bf15-7c4c5de491ee: Image Carbonell, C.S. labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564559; a1db70fe-5355-4e4e-bf15-7c4c5de491ee: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564559; a1db70fe-5355-4e4e-bf15-7c4c5de491ee: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Hesperotettix pratensis Scudder, 1897: 64.
  • Hesperotettix pratensis Scudder, 1897 in Scudder & Cockerell, 1902: 41.
  • Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897 in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 37, 70.
  • Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897 in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 146.

References (17)

  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Revision of the Orthopteran group Melanopli (Acrididae) with special reference to North American forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 20(1124), 1–421. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/revisionoforthop00scudrich
  • 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
  • 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
  • Morse, A.P. (1904) Researches on North American Acrididae. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 18, 56 pp., 8 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Ub0GAAAAYAAJ
  • Bruner, L. (1908) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 249–342. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1925) The Orthoptera of South Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 77, 33–155.
  • Hebard, M. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1983) A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 13(1), I-IV, i-xxii, 1–679.
  • 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
  • Skareas, S.D. & Hsiung, C. (1999) Male genitalia of selected genera of the subfamily Melanoplinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 8, 125–145.
  • Johnson, D.L. (2002) Spur-throated grasshoppers of the Canadian prairies and northern Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, 8, 16–25. Available at http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/ID_Tools/nat_guides/spurthgh.pdf
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • Kirk, K. & Bomar, C.R. (2005) Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. In Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison.
  • Brust, M.L., Bomar, C.R. & Harman, A.J. (2025) Updated county-level distribution records for Wisconsin short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae and Romaleidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.124604

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Subspecies1023