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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Oecanthus belti Collins & van Den Berghe, 2014

Belt's tree cricket
Oecanthus belti Collins & van Den Berghe, 2014: male. (Otu).
Oecanthus belti Collins & van Den Berghe, 2014: male. (Otu).
Oecanthus belti Collins & van Den Berghe, 2014: female (Nicaragua). (Otu).
Oecanthus belti Collins & van Den Berghe, 2014: antennal markings. (Otu).
Oecanthus belti Collins & van Den Berghe, 2014: metanotal gland. (Otu).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Oecanthus belti Collins & van Den Berghe, 2014 in Collins, van Den Berghe & Carson, 2014: 167.

    Holotype; male; 91a68914-4ea3-47e6-9311-19ba355a608c; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Nicaragua: Nueva Segovia: Cerro Jesús

References (1)

  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after Thomas Belt, an amateur naturalist who traveled throughout Nicaragua while doing engineering work between 1868 and 1872. Belt’s book, The Naturalist in Nicaragua, includes many passages about Nicaraguan insects.

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