species

Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874

prairie tree cricket

Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874: male, dorsal view. (Otu).

Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874: Fig. 18 I-L. first two segments of left antenna, ventral surface (most common stages in middle). (Otu).

Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874: Fig. 6. male, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (23)

Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874: 460. (valid)
Holotype; female; 453a4966-7a03-4c4d-9ab1-761aa2e53a46; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); La Plata
Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874 in Saussure, 1897: 253.
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Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874 in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 455.
Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874 in Collins & Lightfoot, 2022: 183, 187.

Nomenclature references (19)

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
Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
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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. & Lightfoot, D.C. (2022) A new species of tree cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Oecanthinae) from Chihuahuan Desert gypsum dunes in the United States and a key to the nigricornis species group. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 31(2), 181–189. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/79036/

de Saussure, H. (1874) Etudes sur les insectes orthoptères, famille des gryllides. In Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris. Vol. 6, 296–515 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=PVZSAAAAcAAJ

de Saussure, H. (1897) Orthoptera. Fam. Gryllidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 217–284. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm

Fulton, B.B. (1926) Geographical variation in the nigricornis group of Oecanthus (Orthoptera). Iowa State College Journal of Science, 1, 43–62. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s576lf26a.pdf

Fulton, B.B. (1926) The tree crickets of Oregon. Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station Bulletin, 223, 1–20.

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) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.

Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321

Hebard, M. (1935) Studies in Orthoptera of Arizona. Part II. A list of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Arizona with new records and corrections of the literature subsequent to 1900. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61(3), 269–316. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4271_003#page/119/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

Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Notes on Orthoptera from southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 59, 24–81. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=DY9l7J6HxsAC

Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf

Walker, T.J. (1963) The taxonomy and calling songs of United States tree crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). II. The nigricornis group of the genus Oecanthus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 56, 772–789. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s576lw63.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

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Named after distribution in Argentina.

Stats

	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	2	3