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Species

Neoxabea formosa (Walker, 1869)

Brownsville tree cricket
CollectionObject 1476860; b4550b89-02a8-44bd-9b3c-bb0528fbfd0f, NHMUK013804005: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476860; b4550b89-02a8-44bd-9b3c-bb0528fbfd0f, NHMUK013804005: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476860; b4550b89-02a8-44bd-9b3c-bb0528fbfd0f, NHMUK013804005: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476860; b4550b89-02a8-44bd-9b3c-bb0528fbfd0f, NHMUK013804005: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476860; b4550b89-02a8-44bd-9b3c-bb0528fbfd0f, NHMUK013804005: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Oecanthus formosus Walker, 1869: 94. (valid)

    Holotype; female; NHMUK013804005; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico

  • Oecanthus formosus Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Gryllus bipunctatus De Geer, 1773) in Kirby, 1906: 76.
  • Neoxabea formosa (Walker, 1869) in Collins, van Den Berghe & Carson, 2014: 170.
  • Neoxabea formosa (Walker, 1869) in Collins & Velazco-Macias, 2021: 99, 103.

References (7)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Collins, N. & Velazco-Macias, C.G. (2021) Neoxabea mexicana sp. nov. (Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): A new species from Mexico and a key for Neoxabea in North and Central America. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 30(2), 99–106. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/62000/

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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