Species

Dendrotettix quercus (Packard, 1890)

Post-oak Locust; Post Oak Grasshopper

Dendrotettix quercus (Packard, 1890): Fig. 61. head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (25)

Dendrotettix quercus Riley, 1888: 86. (nomen nudum)
Dendrotettix quercus Packard, 1890: 214.
Syntypes (n= 2); immature; 7148eef5-ff7e-4cec-a0dd-978ed41fcde7; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Texas: Washington: between Washington and Brenham

Dendrotettix quercus Packard, 1890 in Chapco, 2006
Dendrotettix quercus Packard, 1890 in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 144.

References (20)

Riley, C.V. (1888) Specimens of a new genus Dendrotettix, familiy Acrididae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1, 86. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19508#page/104/mode/1up
Packard, A.S., Jr. (1890) The Post Oak Locust Dendrotettix querqus. Riley MS. Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm., 5, 214–214. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42654#page/226/mode/1up

Riley, C.V. (1893) The genus Dendrotettix. Insect Life, 5, 254–256. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51671#page/272/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

Caudell, A.N. (1915) Dendrotettix quercus Packard. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 22(2), 52–54. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48923#page/68/mode/1up

Blatchley, W.S. (1920) 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

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

Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1936) On new or redefined genera of Nearctic Melanopli (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyratacanthacrinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 62(1), 1–30. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4272_001#page/3/mode/1up

Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1938) The Post-oak Locust (Dendrotettix quercus) in the eastern United States, with notes on macropterism in the species (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 64(1), 79–95,2 pls. Available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/title/5077659.html

Rehn, J.W.H. (1938) Notes on the eggpods of Appalachia hebardi and Dendrotettix quercus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Entomological News, 49, 259–260. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20211#page/731/mode/1up

Urquhart, F.A. (1942) New records and notes on Saltatoria (Orthoptera) in Ontario. The Canadian Entomologist, 74, 97–98.

Rehn, J.A.G. (1946) The Post-oak Locust (Dendrotettix quercus) Mount Misery, New Jersey, 1944 (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Entomological News, 57, 147–148. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20231#page/527/mode/1up

Friauf, J.J. (1957) Clarification of the species in the genus Dendrotettix (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacrinae). The Florida Entomologist, 40, 127–139.

Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/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

Skareas, S.D. & Hsiung, C. (1999) Male genitalia of selected genera of the subfamily Melanoplinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 8, 125–145.

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.

Chapco, W. (2006) A note on the phylogenetic position of Duartettix montanus within the subfamily Melanoplinae. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 59–63. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B59%3AANOTPP%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	3	4