species

Oecanthus brevicauda Saussure, 1878

CollectionObject 1505382; 476e9009-dda7-4315-94b7-afb4882f0c09: male, dorsal view (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505382; 476e9009-dda7-4315-94b7-afb4882f0c09: male, lateral view (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505382; 476e9009-dda7-4315-94b7-afb4882f0c09: label (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505382; 476e9009-dda7-4315-94b7-afb4882f0c09: labels (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505463; 78796ab4-9fdd-41a6-8af7-95529d19c3a8: male (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505463; 78796ab4-9fdd-41a6-8af7-95529d19c3a8: phallus, lateral view (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505463; 78796ab4-9fdd-41a6-8af7-95529d19c3a8: phallus, dorsal view (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505463; 78796ab4-9fdd-41a6-8af7-95529d19c3a8: label (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505463; 78796ab4-9fdd-41a6-8af7-95529d19c3a8: labels (syntype of Oecanthus parvulus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

Oecanthus brevicauda Saussure, 1878: 454 [594]. (valid)
Holotype; female; 140f1012-47b0-4aaa-abec-0dfae73cf4de; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN);
Oecanthus parvulus Saussure, 1899: 613.
Syntype; male; 476e9009-dda7-4315-94b7-afb4882f0c09; deposited at: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum (SMF); Madagascar: Antsiranana: Nosy Be [Nossi Bé]. Syntype; male; 78796ab4-9fdd-41a6-8af7-95529d19c3a8; deposited at: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum (SMF); Madagascar: Antsiranana: Nosy Be [Nossi Bé]. Syntype; male; 8dc9fa8b-d5fb-47c7-a3ae-aa8e3c99dd1d; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Madagascar: Antsiranana: Nosy Be [Nossi Bé]. Syntype; female; 3173feee-a7b4-457c-b862-7da084bf03f1; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Madagascar: Antsiranana: Nosy Be [Nossi Bé]
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Oecanthus parvulus Saussure, 1899 (subjective synonym of Oecanthus brevicauda Saussure, 1878) in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 509.
Oecanthus brevicauda Saussure, 1878 in Krištín, Heller, Zemko, Rakotondranary & Jarčuška, 2019

Nomenclature references (13)

Chopard, L. (1932) The African species of the genus Oecanthus, Serv. (Orth, Gryllidae). Stylops: A Journal of Taxonomic Entomology, 1, 242–247. Available at https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1932.tb01339.x
Chopard, L. (1932) Voyage de de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912) (Gryllidae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 8, 325–362. Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/143455
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Chopard, L. (1954) La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt. Nimba, III. Orthoptères Ensifères. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 40(2), 25–97.

Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.

de Saussure, H. (1878) Mélanges orthoptérologiques. VI. fascicule Gryllides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 25(2), 369–704 [505–834]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122148#page/525/mode/1up

de Saussure, H. (1899) Orthoptera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ostafrika in den Jahren 1889-95 von Dr. A. Voeltzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21, 567–664. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85045#page/613/mode/1up

Hollier, J.A., Bruckner, H. & Heads, S.W. (2013) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 5: Grylloidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 120(3), 445–535. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202907#page/103/mode/1up

Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662

Krištín, A., Heller, K.-G., Zemko, M., Rakotondranary, J. & Jarčuška, B. (2019) Assemblages of orthopteroid insects along environmental gradients in central and southern Madagasca. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 28(2), 155–166. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/34055/

Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.

Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 5. Gryllodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 91–123. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/207/mode/1up

Toms, R.B. & Otte, D. (1988) New genera, species and records of east and southern African tree crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). Annale van die Transvaal Museum, 34(20), 469–521. Available at https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00411752_124
Walker, T.J. (1966) Annotated checklist of Oecanthinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) of the World. The Florida Entomologist, 49(4), 265–277. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/walker1966.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin: short tail, relating to the female's short ovipositor.

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