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Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869

different-horned tree cricket
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: female. (Otu).
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: female. (Otu).
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: male. (Otu).
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: female. (Otu).
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: antennal markings. (Otu).
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: close-up of head, face, antennae. (Otu).
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: female and male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: oviposition holes on unspecified stem. (Otu).

Nomenclature (22)

  • Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869: 94.

    Syntype; male; c1f6d2bc-8353-43b7-aed5-30c33c5f7d28; Mexico

  • Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869 in Rehn, 1903: 34.
  • Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869 in Collins, van Den Berghe & Carson, 2014
  • Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869 in Fontana, Buzzetti, Mariño-Pérez, Castellanos-Vargas, Monge-Rodríguez & Cano-Santana, 2017: 89.

References (19)

  • 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
  • Baker, C.F. (1905) Second report on Pacific slope Orthoptera. Invertebrata Pacifica, Estación Agronómica, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, 1, 71–83. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47188#page/79/mode/1up
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
  • 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.
  • Collins, N., Van Den Berghe, E. & Carson, L. (2014) Two new species of Neoxabea, three new species of Oecanthus, and documentation of two other species in Nicaragua (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 140, 163–184.
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M. & Mariño-Pérez, R. (2008) Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide. World Biodiversity Association, Verona, Italy, 1–272 pp. Available at http://biodiversityassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Grasshoppers-Locusts-Crickets-Katydids-Of-Mexico.pdf
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Mariño-Pérez, R., Castellanos-Vargas, I., Monge-Rodríguez, S. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2017) Ortópteros de Oaxaca. Orthopterans of Oaxaca. WBA Handbooks 8, Verona, 1–212 pp.
  • García García, P.L., Fontana, P., Marini, L., Equihua-Martínez, A., Sanchez-Escudero, J., Valdez-Carrasco, J. & Cano-Santana, Z. (2008) Habitat association of Orthoptera in El Cimatario National Park, Queretaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(1), 83–87. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282008%2917%5B83%3AHAOOIE%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Hebard, M. (1925) Dermaptera and Orthoptera from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. Part II Saltatorial Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 51, 265–310. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4261_004#page/9/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1928) Studies in the Gryllidae of Panama (Orthoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 54, 233–294. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4264_003#page/41/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/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
  • Maes, J.-M. (1994) Catálogo de los Gryllidae y Gryllotalpidae (Orthoptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia, 28, 47–53.
  • Nickle, D.A. (1992) The crickets and mole crickets of Panama (Orthoptera: Gryllidae and Gryllotalpidae). In Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo. pp. 185–197, 649, 658.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1903) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Mexico and Central America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 29(1), 1–34. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4239_001#page/6/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) 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
  • Walker, T.J. (1962) The taxonomy and calling songs of United States tree crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). I. The genus Neoxabea and the niveus and varicornis groups of the genus Oecanthus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 55, 303–322. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s576lw62.pdf
  • 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
  • Walker, T.J. (1967) Revision of the Oecanthinae (Gryllidae: Orthoptera) of America south of the United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 60, 784–796. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/AE60p784.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012