species

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763)

Clipped-Wing Grasshopper; Short-horned Locust

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): male (Horton's Pond, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA September 23, 2005). (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): female (Durham County, North Carolina, July 20, 2004, including wings 42 mm). (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): male. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): Pl. I, Fig. 26. antenna of female. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): Pl. 4, Fig. 10. male wings. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): Fig. 31 (probably confused with Fig. 30). tegmen tip (erroneously as Mermiria maculipennis macclungi. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): epiphallus, dorsal view. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): epiphallus, lateral. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): female subgenital plate, dorsal view. (Otu).

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763): lophi of epiphallus, dorsal view. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1506293; a108738a-780e-4106-bdd0-781b30d8b845: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (syntype of Oxycoryphus burkhartianus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506293; a108738a-780e-4106-bdd0-781b30d8b845: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (syntype Oxycoryphus burkhartianus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506293; a108738a-780e-4106-bdd0-781b30d8b845: Image Carbonell, C.S. labels syntype of Oxycoryphus burkhartianus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2243514; Unioeste Cascavel K-0569, f4b852eb-c5a9-4ae8-8593-01371b431aa5, Unioeste Cascavel K-0569: Female, in vivo, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2243514; Unioeste Cascavel K-0569, f4b852eb-c5a9-4ae8-8593-01371b431aa5, Unioeste Cascavel K-0569: Female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2243514; Unioeste Cascavel K-0569, f4b852eb-c5a9-4ae8-8593-01371b431aa5, Unioeste Cascavel K-0569: Female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2243514; Unioeste Cascavel K-0569, f4b852eb-c5a9-4ae8-8593-01371b431aa5, Unioeste Cascavel K-0569: Female, ventral view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2243514; Unioeste Cascavel K-0569, f4b852eb-c5a9-4ae8-8593-01371b431aa5, Unioeste Cascavel K-0569: Female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2243514; Unioeste Cascavel K-0569, f4b852eb-c5a9-4ae8-8593-01371b431aa5, Unioeste Cascavel K-0569: Female, terminalia in dorsal view. (CollectionObject).

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Nomenclature (69)

Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763: 398.
Syntype; 746d0be6-5037-4ff4-a5db-8e16f4ec0b1d; North America, U.S.A.
Gryllus (Acrida) brevicornis Johannson, 1763 in Linnaeus, 1767: 692.
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Acrydium ensicorne De Geer, 1773: 499.
Holotype; female; 6d288661-94bc-4c2e-9f6a-dba143ce9456; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United States: Pennsylvania: Centre
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Fabricius, 1775: 379.
Gryllus (Acrida) brevicornis Johannson, 1763 in Gmelin, 1790: 2056.
Truxalis notochlorus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807: 80.
Syntype; ba0af1d3-0c33-44dd-ad08-888d2d5c0281; Haiti: Saint-Domingue
Truxalis viridulus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807: 81.
Syntype; 3f193219-30fa-4ea8-a84f-9b7323700047; South America, Caribbean
Opsomala [sic] punctipennis Serville, 1838: 590.
Syntype; fe0d6db4-f861-4ce5-9f0a-d155f8d393c4; North America
Oxycoryphus burkhartianus Saussure, 1861: 314.
Syntype; female; a108738a-780e-4106-bdd0-781b30d8b845; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico
Truxalis viridulus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 in Scudder, 1869: 83.
Truxalis notoclorus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 in Scudder, 1869: 83.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Scudder, 1869: 83.
Oxycoryphus burkhartianus Saussure, 1861 in Walker, 1870: 786.
Opomala [sic] stenobothroides Walker, 1871: 52.
Holotype; male; 995fff55-0b03-4d1a-bedf-4de32b963efd; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Nicaragua: Chontales
Opomala [sic] stenobothroides Walker, 1871 in Thomas, 1873: 197.
Oxycoryphus burkhartianus Saussure, 1861 in Thomas, 1873: 203.
Opomala [sic] punctipennis Serville, 1838 in Thomas, 1873: 196.
Phlaeoba viridula (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) in Bormans, 1883: 706.
Metalepta [sic] (Tryxalis [sic]) notochloris [sic] Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 in Bruner, 1895: 63.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Giglio-Tos, 1897: 23.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in McNeill, 1897: 211.
Tryxalis [sic] brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Walker, 1902: 251.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1903: 9.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1905: 400.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1905: 802.
Acrydium ensicorne De Geer, 1773 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Kirby, 1910: 103.
Opomala [sic] stenobothroides Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Kirby, 1910: 103.
Opsomala [sic] punctipennis Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Kirby, 1910: 103.
Oxycoryphus burkhartianus Saussure, 1861 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Kirby, 1910: 103.
Truxalis notochlorus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Kirby, 1910: 103.
Truxalis viridulus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Kirby, 1910: 104.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Kirby, 1910: 103.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1916: 275.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Bruner, 1920: 24.
Tryxalis [sic] brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Blatchley, 1920: 198.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Hebard, 1922: 104.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Hebard, 1923: 197.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Hebard, 1924: 93.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Hebard, 1934: 173.
Truxalis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Liebermann, 1939: 149.
Acrydium ensicorne De Geer, 1773 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1944: 224.
Truxalis notochlorus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1944: 224.
Truxalis viridulus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1944: 224.
Metaleptea brevicornis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Rehn, 1944: 224.
Metaleptea brevicornis brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Vickery & Kevan, 1967: 62.
Acrydium ensicorne De Geer, 1773 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Otte, 1981: 240.
Opomala [sic] stenobothroides Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Otte, 1981: 240.
Opsomala [sic] punctipennis Serville, 1838 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Otte, 1981: 240.
Oxycoryphus burkhartianus Saussure, 1861 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Otte, 1981: 240.
Truxalis notochlorus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Otte, 1981: 240.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Otte, 1981: 217, 240.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 398.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Marshall, 1983: 384.
Truxalis viridulus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 437.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 437.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Riede, 1987: 274.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Donato & Cigliano, 2000: 149.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Capinera, Scherer & Squitier, 2001: 57.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Bland, 2003: 73.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 76, Plate 7.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Carbonell, Rowell, Bentos-Pereira & Porras, 2007: 58.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2008: 133.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Barranco, 2010: 27.
Oxycoryphus burkhartianus Saussure, 1861 (subjective synonym of Gryllus brevicornis Johannson, 1763) in Hollier, 2012: 309.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 167-168.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Rowell, 2013: 176.
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in De Gracia & Santos-Murgas, 2021: 368.

Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 147.
Metalepta [sic] (Tryxalis [sic]) notochloris [sic] Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 (misspelling of Truxalis notochlorus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Alluding to relatively short antennae.

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	15	16