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Species

Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874

prairie tree cricket
Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874: antennnal markings. (Otu).
Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874: antennnal markings. (Otu).
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).
CollectionObject 2869078; 341e4dac-6660-4746-9017-3849543e7d78, CNCI 1155295: Oecanthus argentinus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2869078; 341e4dac-6660-4746-9017-3849543e7d78, CNCI 1155295: Oecanthus argentinus. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2869078; 341e4dac-6660-4746-9017-3849543e7d78, CNCI 1155295: Oecanthus argentinus. (CollectionObject).

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.
  • Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874 in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 455.
  • Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874 in Collins & Lightfoot, 2022: 183, 187.

References (19)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. (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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.
  • 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
  • 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/

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after distribution in Argentina.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023