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Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) micado (Saussure, 1877)

Japanese burrowing cricket; 中华斗蟋
CollectionObject 1584843; c726f76f-9dc0-4db8-9d5c-dea2f2a26b03: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1584843; c726f76f-9dc0-4db8-9d5c-dea2f2a26b03: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1584843; c726f76f-9dc0-4db8-9d5c-dea2f2a26b03: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1584843; c726f76f-9dc0-4db8-9d5c-dea2f2a26b03: male. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1584843; c726f76f-9dc0-4db8-9d5c-dea2f2a26b03: male. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (39)

  • Scapsipedus micado Saussure, 1877: 415.

    Syntype; male; cfcaebfb-3fa9-4fec-8951-13d186598a34; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Japan. Syntype; male; 659ccc32-202f-45d0-8d56-7aee071326b3; deposited at: Senckenberg Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany (SMTD);

  • Scapsipedus micado Saussure, 1877 in Kirby, 1906: 45.
  • Velarifictorus ryukyuensis Oshiro, 1990 (subjective synonym of Scapsipedus micado Saussure, 1877) in Di, Hu, Zhou, Zhang, Li & He, 2026: 27.
  • Velarifictorus (Velarifictorus) micado (Saussure, 1877) in Di, Hu, Zhou, Zhang, Li & He, 2026: 27.

References (36)

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  • Chopard, L. (1936) Note sur les gryllides de Chine. Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise. Musée Heude, 3, 1–14.
  • Alexander, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (1962) Two introduced field crickets new to eastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 55, 90–94.
  • 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.
  • Walker, T.J. (1977) Japanese burrowing cricket widely established in southeastern United States. The Florida Entomologist, 60, 308–309. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s464lw77a.pdf
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1983) Grylloidea (Orthoptera) of the Soviet Far East. In Systematics and ecological-faunistic review of the various orders of Insecta of the Far East. Acad. Sci. USSR Far-East Science Centre, Vladivostok. pp. 39–47. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/1983%20%289-12%29/09%20Grylloidea%20USSR%20Far%20East%20%28russian%29%201983.pdf
  • Oshiro, Y. (1990) A new species Velarifictorus (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) from Okinawa Island, Japan. Japanese Journal of Entomology, 58(2), 355–360, illustr.
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  • Ichikawa, A., Murai, T. & Honda, E. (2000) Monograph of Japanese crickets (Orthoptera; Grylloidea). Bulletin of the Hoshizaki Green Foundation, 4, 257–332.
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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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Species1078