Orthoptera Species File

species

Lepidogryllus comparatus (Walker, 1869)

confusing field cricket; slow-chirping field crickets

Lepidogryllus comparatus (Walker, 1869): female, dorsal view. (Otu).

Lepidogryllus comparatus (Walker, 1869): female, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (13)

Gryllus comparatus Walker, 1869: 104.
Holotype; male; 69fc18b3-5fa2-4144-8fd3-c701a9563f6a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia
Gryllus lepidoides Chopard, 1915: 138.
Holotype; female; 01f57cfd-213f-42e7-a142-df3dc1756dab; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMBA); New Caledonia: Pacific
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Lepidogryllus comparatus (Walker, 1869) in Desutter-Grandcolas, Anso & Jourdan, 2017
Lepidogryllus comparatus (Walker, 1869) in Rentz & Su, 2019: 106.

Nomenclature references (11)

Chopard, L. (1915) Gryllidae de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des Iles Loyalty. In Nova Caledonia A. Zoologie. C. W. Kreidels Verlag, Wiesbaden. Vol. 2, Issue 8, 131–167 pp.
Chopard, L. (1951) A revision of the Australian Grylloidea. Records of the South Australian Museum, 9, 397–533. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127415#page/458/mode/1up
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Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 1, 1–224 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci01britrich

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	5	6