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Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845

Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845: female. (Otu).
Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845: female. (Otu).
Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845: female. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: male, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: male, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: Image Carbonell, C.S. Label male (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: Image Carbonell, C.S. male head and pronotum, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: Image Carbonell, C.S. male abdomen end, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501067; f4456234-be99-424e-ace0-deb81b456eaf: Image Carbonell, C.S. male frons (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501885; 0955dc2a-b556-4682-bfd4-c94f5a133383: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501885; 0955dc2a-b556-4682-bfd4-c94f5a133383: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501885; 0955dc2a-b556-4682-bfd4-c94f5a133383: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501885; 0955dc2a-b556-4682-bfd4-c94f5a133383: [mirror image]. female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585910; 40b6943d-0c5d-440b-b954-c22807706b06: male (morphotype 1), lateral and dorsal view (up and down respectively). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585910; 40b6943d-0c5d-440b-b954-c22807706b06: Male phallic complex (morphotype 1): a) epiphallus and ectophallus in dorsal view (I and II, respectively), and endophallus in lateral view (III); b) ectophallus in posterior view; and c) close up of ectophallus in lateral view. Diagnostic characters are denoted by arrows. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585910; 40b6943d-0c5d-440b-b954-c22807706b06: female (morphotype 1), lateral and dorsal view (up and down, respectively). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585911; 0d7dce8a-b2fd-4b37-b80d-9f18ccb39d24: male (morphotype 2), lateral (up) and dorsal (down) view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585911; 0d7dce8a-b2fd-4b37-b80d-9f18ccb39d24: female (morphotype 2), lateral (up) and dorsal (down) view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585911; 0d7dce8a-b2fd-4b37-b80d-9f18ccb39d24: Male phallic complex (morphotype 2): a) epiphallus and ectophallus in dorsal view (I and II, respectively), and endophallus in lateral view (III); b) ectophallus in posterior view; and c) close up of ectophallus in lateral view. Diagnostic characters are denoted by arrows. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585912; c8384088-6164-4c58-8193-d460a66ffeac: male (morphotype 3), lateral (up) and dorsal (down) view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585912; c8384088-6164-4c58-8193-d460a66ffeac: female (morphotype 3), lateral (up) and dorsal (down) view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585912; c8384088-6164-4c58-8193-d460a66ffeac: Male phallic complex (morphotype 3): a) epiphallus and ectophallus in dorsal view (I and II, respectively), and endophallus in lateral view (III); b) ectophallus in posterior view; and c) close up of ectophallus in lateral view. Diagnostic characters are denoted by arrows. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (29)

  • Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845: Tab. 31.
  • Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845 in Walker, 1870: 788.
  • Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845 in Cueva del Castillo, González-Zertuche & Ramírez-Delgado, 2021
  • Sphenarium purpurasceus [sic] Charpentier, 1845 (misspelling of Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845)

References (28)

  • von Charpentier, T. (1845) Orthoptera descripta et depicta [1841-1845]. L. Woss, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 120 pp. (non numerate). Available at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuc.2859184
  • Walker, F. (1870) 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
  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part II: Acrididae of North America not found in the United States. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 191–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/207/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1884) Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 13, 1–73, 418–500. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54702#page/9/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) Remarks on some Mexican Orthoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27(3), 218–229. [1900] Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4237_003#page/27/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1903) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Mexico and Central America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 29(1), 1–34. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4239_001#page/6/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1906) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 177–208. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
  • 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
  • Sherborn, C.D. (1929) Index Animalium, 2(21).
  • Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up
  • Márquez Mayaudón, C. (1962) Estudio de las especies del género Sphenarium basado en sus genitalia (Acrididae, Orthoptera) con la descripción de una especie nueva. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Serie Zoologia, 33, 235–245.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1974) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea). Part V. Tribes Schulthessiini, Taphronotini, Dictyophorini, Tagastini, Pseudomorphacridini, Atractomorphini, Spenariini and Omurini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 48, 203–294, pl. 1–7. [1972] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164750
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1978) The American Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 36(1-4), 3–28. [1977] Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/41722
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Cueva del Castillo, R., Núñez‐Farfán, J. & Cano-Santana, Z. (1999) The role of body size in mating success of Sphenarium purpurascens in Central Mexico. Ecological Entomology, 24(2), 146–155.
  • Cueva del Castillo, R. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2001) Variación de la coloración corporal de Sphenarium purpurascens (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphydae) en función del sexo y su relación con la formación de parejas en un ambiente heterogéneo. Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 40(3), 297–309.
  • Cueva del Castillo, R. (2003) Body size and multiple copulations in a neotropical grasshopper with an extraordinary mate-guarding duration. Journal of Insect Behavior, 16(4), 503–522. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1027303323242
  • Garza-López, E. & Cueva del Castillo, R. (2006) Elección masculina de pareja en Sphenarium purpurascens (Charpentier) (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). ¿pueden los machos evaluar la experiencia reproductiva de las hembras? Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 45(2), 165–170.
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M. & Mariño-Pérez, R. (2008) Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide. World Biodiversity Association, Verona, Italy, 1–272 pp. Available at http://biodiversityassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Grasshoppers-Locusts-Crickets-Katydids-Of-Mexico.pdf
  • Castellanos-Vargas, I. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2009) Historia natural y ecología de Sphenarium purpurascens (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). In Biodiversidad del Ecosistema del Pedregal de San Ángel. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 337–346 pp. Available at http://www.repsa.unam.mx/documentos/Castellanos-Vargas_y_Cano-Santana_2009_Chapulines.pdf
  • Salas Araiza, M.D., Mackay, W.P., Valdez-Carrasco, J., Salazar-Solís, E. & Martínez-Jaime, O.A. (2013) Characterization and comparison of the eggs of seven species of Mexican grasshoppers. Southwestern Entomologist, 38(2), 267–274.
  • Pedraza-Lara, C., Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y. & Zaldívar-Riverón, A. (2015) Montane and coastal species diversification in the economically important Mexican grasshopper genus Sphenarium (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 84, 220–231. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790315000020#
  • Sanabria-Urbán, S., Song, H., Oyama, K., González-Rodríguez, A., Serrano-Meneses, M.A. & Cueva del Castillo, R. (2015) Body size adaptations to altitudinal climatic variation in neotropical grasshoppers of the genus Sphenarium (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). PLoS One, 10(12 e0145248). Available at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0145248
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Mariño-Pérez, R., Castellanos-Vargas, I., Monge-Rodríguez, S. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2017) Ortópteros de Oaxaca. Orthopterans of Oaxaca. WBA Handbooks 8, Verona, 1–212 pp.
  • Sanabria-Urbán, S., Song, H., Oyama, K., González-Rodríguez, A. & Cueva del Castillo, R. (2017) Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in neotropical grasshoppers: taxonomy, phylogenetics, and evolution of the genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Zootaxa, 4274(1), 1–86.
  • Song, H. (2019) Corn Grasshopper Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1842 (Pyrgomorphidae). In Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 193–195.
  • Cueva del Castillo, R., González-Zertuche, M. & Ramírez-Delgado, V.H. (2021) Interpopulation variation in sexual dichromatism in the Neotropical grasshopper Sphenarium purpurascens (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132(4), 900–911.

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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