species

Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877

Atlantic Grasshopper; Atlantic Locust

Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877: Fig. 121 b. female, dorsal view (body length 22-28 mm, hind femora 13-16 mm). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1524306; a5dbbd1c-52ad-4cc4-8eb8-9b39462cde67: Fig. 19. male hind leg. (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; a5dbbd1c-52ad-4cc4-8eb8-9b39462cde67; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Florida: Monroe: Key West

Nomenclature (17)

Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877: 28.
Holotype; male; a5dbbd1c-52ad-4cc4-8eb8-9b39462cde67; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Florida: Monroe: Key West
Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877 in Scudder, 1878: 88.
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Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 139, Plate 30.
Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877 in Bateman & Fleming, 2011

Nomenclature references (17)

Bateman, P.W. & Fleming, P.A. (2011) Failure to launch? The influence of limb autotomy on the escape behavior of a semiaquatic grasshopper Paroxya atlantica (Acrididae). Behavioral Ecology, 22(4), 763–768.
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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Blatchley, W.S. (1920) In Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis. 781 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16768

Capinera, J.L., Scherer, C.W. & Squitier, J.M. (2001) In Grasshoppers of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville. 131 pp. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/ghopper.html

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.

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

Hebard, M. (1915) Dermaptera and Orthoptera found in the vicinity of Miami, Florida, in March, 1915 (Part I). Entomological News, 26, 397–408. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84799#page/437/mode/1up

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

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

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1905) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of south and central Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 57, 29–55, Pl. 1. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30015

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1911) Preliminary studies of North Carolina Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 62, 615–650. [1910] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84751#page/631/mode/1up

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1912) On the Orthoptera found on the Florida Keys and in extreme southern Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(2), 235–276. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/247/mode/1up

Scudder, S.H. (1877) A Century of Orthoptera, Decade VII, Acrydii. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 27–35. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130632#page/39/mode/1up

Scudder, S.H. (1878) The Florida Orthoptera collected by Mr. J. H. Comstock. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 80–94. [1877] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130632#page/92/mode/1up

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

Slifer, E.H. (1943) The internal genitalia of some previously unstudied species of female Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of Morphology (Philadelphia), 72(2), 225–237.
Squitier, J.M. & Capinera, J.L. (2002) Host selection by grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) inhabiting semi-aquatic environments. The Florida Entomologist, 85(2), 336–340.