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Gryllus (Gryllus) firmus Scudder, 1902

sand field cricket

male, dorsal view (lectotype). Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
male, dorsal view (lectotype). Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
male, lateral view (lectotype). Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
labels (lectotype). Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
Male, dorsal view (lectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
Male, lateral view (lectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
Male, ventral view (lectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
Male, labels (lectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1522822; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b, a CollectionObject.
Female, dorsal view (paralectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1961750; ANSP18_GRYLL_ANSP, 979c4fd5-05f0-4653-97d2-f115634d5965, a CollectionObject.
Female, lateral view (paralectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1961750; ANSP18_GRYLL_ANSP, 979c4fd5-05f0-4653-97d2-f115634d5965, a CollectionObject.
Female, ventral view (paralectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1961750; ANSP18_GRYLL_ANSP, 979c4fd5-05f0-4653-97d2-f115634d5965, a CollectionObject.
Female, labels (paralectotype) Depicts CollectionObject 1961750; ANSP18_GRYLL_ANSP, 979c4fd5-05f0-4653-97d2-f115634d5965, a CollectionObject.

Nomenclature (21)

  • Gryllus firmus Scudder, 1902: 294, 295.

    Syntype; b27c3b75-6e6b-43ff-8ae4-f2bebfec177b; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: North Carolina, Florida

  • Gryllus firmus Scudder, 1902 in Rehn & Hebard, 1905: 50.
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  • Gryllus firmus Scudder, 1902 in Weissman & Gray, 2019: 54.
  • Gryllus firmus Scudder, 1902 in Whalen, Chang, Jones, Rivera & Worthington, 2022: 3.

Nomenclature references (21)

  • 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.
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  • 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
  • Alexander, R.D. (1968) Life cycle origins, speciation, and related phenomena in crickets. Quarterly Review of Biology, 43, 1–41. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/k340la68.pdf
  • 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.
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 213 pp.
  • Doherty, J.A. & Storz, M.M. (1992) Calling song and selective phonotaxis in the field crickets, Gryllus firmus and G. pennsylvanicus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 5(5), 555–569, illustr.
  • Fairbairn, D.J. & Roff, D.A. (1990) Genetic correlations among traits determining migratory tendency in the sand cricket, Gryllus firmus. Evolution, 44(7), 1787–1795, illustr.
  • Gabel, E., Gray, D.A. & Hennig, R.M. (2016) How females of chirping and trilling field crickets integrate the ‘what’ and ‘where’ of male acoustic signals during decision making. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 202(11), 823–837.
  • King, E.G., Roff, D.A. & Fairbairn, D.J. (2011) The evolutionary genetics of acquisition and allocation in the wing dimorphic cricket, Gryllus firmus. Evolution, 65(8), 2273–2285.
  • Mitra, C., Wagner, W.E.J., Zera, A.J. & Tolle, A.E. (2011) Variation in singing behaviour among morphs of the sand field cricket, Gryllus firmus. Ecological Entomology, 36(2), 152–160. Available at http://cricket.unl.edu/People/Wagner%20Reprints/Mitra%20et%20al.%202011.pdf
  • Randell, R.L. (1964) The male genitalia in Gryllinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and a tribal revision. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1565–1607.
  • 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. (1912) On the Orthoptera found on the Florida Keys and in extreme southern Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(2), 235–276. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/247/mode/1up
  • Roff, D.A. (1990) Antagonistic pleiotropy and the evolution of wing dimorphism in the sand cricket, Gryllus firmus. Heredity, 65(2), 169–177, illustr.
  • Roff, D.A. (1990) Selection for changes in the incidence of wing dimorphism in Gryllus firmus. Heredity, 65(2), 163–168, illustr.
  • Ross, C.L. (2006) Ant predation as a selective agent on overwintering eggs in a field cricket mosaic hybrid zone. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 13–21. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B13%3AAPAASA%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Saleh, N.W., Larson, E.L. & Harrison, R.G. (2014) Reproductive success and body size in the cricket Gryllus firmus. Journal of Insect Behavior, 27(3), 346–356. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10905-013-9425-1
  • Scudder, S.H. (1902) The species of Gryllus found in the United States east of the Sierra Nevadas. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 9(309), 291–296. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42922#page/309/mode/1up
  • Weissman, D.B. & Gray, D.A. (2019) Crickets of the genus Gryllus in the United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae). Zootaxa, 4705(1), 1–277.
  • Whalen, M.R., Chang, K.J., Jones, A.B., Rivera, G. & Worthington, A.M. (2022) Fluctuating asymmetry in the polymorphic sand cricket (Gryllus firmus): are more functionally important structures always more symmetric? Insects, 13(7 (640), 1–17. Available at http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/7/640

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