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Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861)

Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): http://bugguide.net/user/view/2098. individual from Savannas Preserve State Park, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA January 20, 2006. (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): http://bugguide.net/user/view/2098. individual from Savannas Preserve State Park, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA January 20, 2006. (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 13. male, lateral outline. (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 14 (after type). male, lateral outline. (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 15. female, lateral outline. (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 16. female, lateral outline. (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 52. mesosternum (cl - caudolateral lobes). (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 49. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861): Fig. 59. male subgenital plate. (Otu).

Nomenclature (30)

  • Acridium damnificum Saussure, 1861: 164.

    Syntype; male; c1542388-3889-4c30-b2c7-ea903665ed41; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); United States: Tennessee. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 67c789e6-9a57-479a-afa1-2b21748b5c75; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); United States: Tennessee

  • Acridium damnificum Saussure, 1861 in Walker, 1870: 623.
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  • Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 171-172.
  • Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure, 1861) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 147.

Nomenclature references (23)

  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) In Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México. 388 pp.
  • 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
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  • 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.
  • de Saussure, H. (1861) Orthoptera nova americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(13), 126–130, 156–164, 313–324, 397–402. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20623#page/138/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1974) Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica, 10, 238 pp.
  • 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. (1916) Spring Orthoptera found on the islands in the vicinity of Charlotte harbour, Florida. Entomological News, 27(1), 14–21. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84830
  • 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
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, part 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(3), 303–339. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185629#page/47/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • 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
  • Provancher, L. (1876) Petite faune entomologique du Canada. Les Orthoptères. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 8, 13–26, 72–81, 106–116, 134–143. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32355#page/144/mode/1up
  • 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) A revision of the genera and species of the Group Mogoplistii (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) found in North America north of the Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(2), 184–234. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/196/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) Random notes on North American Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27, 331–337. [1900] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4237_004#page/58/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. (1899) The orthopteran genus Schistocerca. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 34(17), 441–476. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35730#page/493/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 1–436. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31824#page/15/mode/1up
  • Slifer, E.H. (1943) The internal genitalia of some previously unstudied species of female Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of Morphology (Philadelphia), 72(2), 225–237.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1964) The genus Schistocerca (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Canada. The Canadian Entomologist, 96, 1555–1558.
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich

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