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Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869

black-horned tree cricket

male (Ashford, CT, USA). Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
male (Ashford, CT, USA). Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
female (Ashford, CT, USA). Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
Fig. 163. female. Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
Pl. IV c. male. Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
Pl. III c. 5-stage nymph. Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
Fig. 3 b. first-instar nymph. Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
Fig. 18, A-D. first two segments of left antenna, ventral surface (most common stages in middle). Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
oviposition holes on goldenrod. Depicts Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869, an Otu.
labels (holotype). Depicts CollectionObject 1517886; 5e72fa21-aea3-4533-82ef-32752e34f80f, NHMUK015982402, a CollectionObject.
female, dorsal view (holotype). Depicts CollectionObject 1517886; 5e72fa21-aea3-4533-82ef-32752e34f80f, NHMUK015982402, a CollectionObject.

Nomenclature (28)

  • Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869: 93. (valid)

    Holotype; female; NHMUK015982402; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United States: Illinois

  • Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869 in Beutenmüller, 1894: 270.
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  • Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869 in Mhatre, Pollack & Mason, 2016
  • Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869 in Collins & Lightfoot, 2022: 186, 187.

Nomenclature references (28)

  • 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
  • Beutenmüller, W. (1894) Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 6(Article XII), 253–316, plates V-X. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1570
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  • Bland, R.G. (2003) In The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. 220 pp.
  • Brown, W.D. & Kuns, M.M. (2000) Female choice and the consistency of courtship feeding in black-horned tree crickets Oecanthus nigricornis Walker (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). Ethology, 106(6), 543–557, illustr.
  • Brown, W.D. (1997) Female remating and the intensity of female choice in black-horned tree crickets, Oecanthus nigricornis. Behavioral Ecology, 8, 66–74.
  • Brown, W.D., Wideman, J., Andrade, M.C.B. & Mason, A.C. (1996) Female choice for an indicator of male size in the song of the black-horned tree cricket, Oecanthus nigricornis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). Evolution, 50, 2400–2411. [1997]
  • Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299
  • 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.
  • 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/
  • Fulton, B.B. (1915) The tree crickets of New York: life history and bionomics. Technical Bulletin, 42, 3–47. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s576lf15.pdf
  • 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
  • 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, 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
  • 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
  • McAlpine, D.F. & Ogden, J.B. (2012) New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera from Maritime Canada. Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society, 8, 43–47. Available at http://www.acadianes.ca/journal/papers/mcalpine_11-17.pdf
  • Mhatre, N., Pollack, G. & Mason, A.C. (2016) Stay tuned: active amplification tunes tree cricket ears to track temperature-dependent song frequency. Biology Letters, 12(4).
  • Morse, A.P. (1920) Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and their allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 35(6), 197–556, 20 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=jf5RAAAAMAAJ
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1905) Notes on the Orthoptera of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 57, 790–843. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30015#page/878/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Notes on Orthoptera from southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 59, 24–81. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=DY9l7J6HxsAC
  • Sismondo, E. (1979) Stridulation and tegminal resonance in the tree cricket Oecanthus nigricornis (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 129, 269–279. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s576ls79.pdf
  • Sismondo, E. (1993) Ultrasubharmonic resonance and nonlinear dynamics in the song of Oecanthus nigricornis F. Walker (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology, 22(2-4), 217–231, illustr.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/mode/1up
  • 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, F. (1869) In 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. (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

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