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Species

Gryllus (Gryllus) vernalis Blatchley, 1920

Spring Field Cricket; Northern Wood Cricket
Gryllus (Gryllus) vernalis Blatchley, 1920: Fig. 238. female (body length 15-16.5 mm, ovipositor 10.5-11.5 mm). (Otu).
Gryllus (Gryllus) vernalis Blatchley, 1920: Fig. 238. female (body length 15-16.5 mm, ovipositor 10.5-11.5 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1476490; e17f28bc-d5e0-4cfd-9b0b-f998de432867: female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476490; e17f28bc-d5e0-4cfd-9b0b-f998de432867: female, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476490; e17f28bc-d5e0-4cfd-9b0b-f998de432867: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Gryllus americanus Blatchley, 1903: 433.
  • Gryllus americanus Blatchley, 1903 (nomen oblitum of Gryllus assimilis vernalis Blatchley, 1920)
  • Gryllus americanus Blatchley, 1903 (synonym of Gryllus assimilis vernalis Blatchley, 1920) in Weissman & Gray, 2019: 119.
  • Gryllus vernalis Blatchley, 1920 in Weissman & Gray, 2019: 119.

References (11)

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1903) The Orthoptera of Indiana. Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana [Orthoptera of Indiana], 27, 123–471. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36406
  • 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
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1930) Blatchleyana. The Nature Publishing Company, Indianapolis, 77 pp.
  • Alexander, R.D. (1957) The taxonomy of the field crickets of the eastern United States (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Acheta). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 50, 584–602. Available at http://orthsoc.org/sina/g464la57.pdf
  • Alexander, R.D. (1961) Aggressiveness, territoriality, and sexual behavior in field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Behaviour, 17, 130–223.
  • Alexander, R.D. (1962) Evolutionary change in cricket acoustical communication. Evolution, 16, 443–467. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/k340la62b.pdf
  • Randell, R.L. (1964) The male genitalia in Gryllinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and a tribal revision. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1565–1607.
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 1–213.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.
  • Jang, Y. & Gerhardt, H.C. (2007) Temperature effects on the temporal properties of calling songs in the crickets Gryllus fultoni and G. vernalis: implications for reproductive isolation in sympatric populations. Journal of Insect Behavior, 20(1), 33–52. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/tv322863p6p7127h/
  • Weissman, D.B. & Gray, D.A. (2019) Crickets of the genus Gryllus in the United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae). Zootaxa, 4705(1), 1–277.

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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