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Species

Eunemobius melodius (Thomas & Alexander, 1957)

Melodious Ground Cricket
Eunemobius melodius (Thomas & Alexander, 1957): Fig. 1. stridulatory vein on right tegmen, ventral view. (Otu).
Eunemobius melodius (Thomas & Alexander, 1957): Fig. 1. stridulatory vein on right tegmen, ventral view. (Otu).
Eunemobius melodius (Thomas & Alexander, 1957): Fig. 2. male genitalia, ventral view. (Otu).
Eunemobius melodius (Thomas & Alexander, 1957): Fig. 3. ovipositor (length 4.7-5.4 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1544333; 08ccf74c-5140-4a55-b43d-d50bfe719f4d: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1544333; 08ccf74c-5140-4a55-b43d-d50bfe719f4d: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1544333; 08ccf74c-5140-4a55-b43d-d50bfe719f4d: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1544334; c3cd75a2-8071-4b7b-a05e-b1f2b2afffd6: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1544334; c3cd75a2-8071-4b7b-a05e-b1f2b2afffd6: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1544334; c3cd75a2-8071-4b7b-a05e-b1f2b2afffd6: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Nemobius melodius Thomas & Alexander, 1957: 148.

    Holotype; male; 08ccf74c-5140-4a55-b43d-d50bfe719f4d; deposited at: Ohio Historical Society (OHSC); United States: Ohio: Carroll: Augusta Township, Section 34

  • Nemobius melodius Thomas & Alexander, 1957 in Alexander, 1962: 448.
  • Eunemobius melodius (Thomas & Alexander, 1957) in Vickery & Johnstone, 1970
  • Eunemobius melodius (Thomas & Alexander, 1957) in Bland, 2003: 182.

References (5)

  • Thomas, E.S. & Alexander, R.D. (1957) Nemobius melodius, a new species of cricket from Ohio (Orthoptera Gryllidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 57, 148–152. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s523lta57.pdf
  • 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
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 1–213.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Johnstone, D.E. (1970) Generic status of some Nemobiinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in northern North America. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 63(6), 1740–1749. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s523lvj70.pdf
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.

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