Species

Oecanthus henryi Chopard, 1936

CollectionObject 1542400; 1b8aab4a-7125-4107-9701-a505467b53f7, CNMS 5514: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1542400; 1b8aab4a-7125-4107-9701-a505467b53f7, CNMS 5514: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1542400; 1b8aab4a-7125-4107-9701-a505467b53f7, CNMS 5514: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1542400; 1b8aab4a-7125-4107-9701-a505467b53f7, CNMS 5514: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

Oecanthus henryi Chopard, 1936: 65.
Holotype; male, adult; CNMS 5514; deposited at: Colombo National Museum (CNMS); Oecanthus henryi Chop. | Type | Wellawaya, Ceylon 07-1930 | Property of Colombo Museum | 5514
Oecanthus henryi Chopard, 1936 in Sandrasagara, 1954: 558.

Oecanthus henryi Chopard, 1936 in Modak, Brown & Balakrishnan, 2021: 3.
Oecanthus henryi Chopard, 1936 in Celiker, Sutton & Mhatre, 2026

References (14)

Chopard, L. (1936) The Tridactylidae and Gryllidae of Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science Biological Science), 20, 9–87. Available at http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.7321
Sandrasagara, T.R. (1954) Checklist of the Tridactylidae and Gryllidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) of Ceylon, with records of distribution. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 52, 540–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186987#page/672/mode/1up

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

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.

Metrani, S. & Balakrishnan, R. (2005) The utility of song and morphological characters in delineating species boundaries among sympatric tree crickets of the genus Oecanthus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): a numerical taxonomic approach. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(1), 1–16. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B1%3ATUOSAM%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Mhatre, N., Montealegre-Z., F., Balakrishnan, R. & Robert, D. (2009) Mechanical response of the tympanal membranes of the tree cricket Oecanthus henryi. Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 195(5), 453–462. Available at http://bioacousticssensorybiology.weebly.com/uploads/1/5/1/2/15122314/mhatre_et_al_2009.pdf

Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf

Mhatre, N., Bhattacharya, M., Robert, D. & Balakrishnan, R. (2011) Matching sender and receiver: poikilothermy and frequency tuning in a tree cricket. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214(15), 2569–2578. Available at http://jeb.biologists.org/content/214/15/2569.long

Deb, R., Bhattacharya, M. & Balakrishnan, R. (2012) Females of a tree cricket prefer larger males but not the lower frequency male calls that indicate large body size. Animal Behaviour, 84(1), 1–13. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347212001789

Mhatre, N., Montealegre-Z., F., Balakrishnan, R. & Robert, D. (2012) Changing resonator geometry to boost sound power decouples size and song frequency in a small insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Available at http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/04/23/1200192109.abstract?sid=bce1aba5-4498-433f-92e0-b944c21c02a6

Mhatre, N. & Robert, D. (2013) A tympanal insect ear exploits a critical oscillator for active amplification and tuning. Current Biology. Available at http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2813%2901034-8

Mhatre, N., Malkin, R., Deb, R., Balakrishnan, R. & Robert, D. (2017) Tree crickets optimize the acoustics of baffles to exaggerate their mate-attraction signal. eLife, 6(e32763). Available at http://elifesciences.org/articles/32763

Modak, S., Brown, W.D. & Balakrishnan, R. (2021) Decoupling of female phonotaxis and mating propensity in a tree cricket. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75(146), 1–13.
Celiker, E., Sutton, G.P. & Mhatre, N. (2026) A theoretical description of the tree cricket ear as a highly phase sensitive biomechanical interferometer. iScience, 29(117431), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.117431

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Dedicated to George Morrison Reid Henry (1891–1983) for his contribution to the knowledge of the fauna of Sri Lanka.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
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Species	1	0	0	1