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Species

Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos, 1894)

southern mole cricket
Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 215 (after R. & H.). male, dorsal view (Scapteriscus acletus). (Otu).
Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 215 (after R. & H.). male, dorsal view (Scapteriscus acletus). (Otu).

Nomenclature (35)

  • Scapteriscus borellii Giglio-Tos, 1894: 45. (valid)

    Syntype; 7c92cfb3-3355-47c1-a647-7808cab0299a; deposited at: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (MRSN); Paraguay: Concepción: Colonia Risso, near Río Apa

  • Scapteriscus borellii Giglio-Tos, 1894 in Giglio-Tos, 1897: 46.
  • Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos, 1894) in Capinera, 2019: 229-232.
  • Scapteriscus borelli [sic] (Giglio-Tos, 1894) (misspelling of Scapteriscus borellii Giglio-Tos, 1894)

References (31)

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  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1897) Viaggio del Dott. A. Borelli nel Chaco Boliviano e nella Republica Argentina. X. Ortotteri. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 12(302), 1–47. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43370#page/241/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
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  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1916) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the coastal plains and piedmont region of the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 68, 87–314. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79453#page/95/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1917) The Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911. J.C. Branner, Director. Orthoptera II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 43(1), 89–154. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4253_001#page/94/mode/1up
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, 781 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16768
  • Hebard, M. (1924) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 76, 109–248.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) Cataloghi IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 1–127 pp.
  • Forrest, T.G. (1983) Calling song and mate choice in mole crickets. In Orthopteran Mating Systems: Sexual Competition in a Diverse Group of Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, CO. pp. 185–204.
  • Nickle, D.A. & Castner, J.L. (1984) Introduced species of mole crickets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 77(4), 450–465. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s341lnc84.pdf
  • Bennet-Clark, H.C. (1987) The tuned singing burrow of mole crickets. Journal of Experimental Biology, 128, 383–409.
  • Nickle, D.A. (1992) Scapteriscus borellii Giglio-Tos: the correct species name for the southern mole cricket in southeastern United States (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94(4), 524–526. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54937#page/544/mode/1up
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  • Villani, M.G., Allee, L.L., Preston-Wilsey, L.A., Consolie, N., Xia, Y. & Brandenburg, R.L. (2002) Use of radiography and tunnel castings for observing mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) behavior in soil. American Entomologist (Lanham, Md.), 48(1), 42–50.
  • Nickle, D.A. (2003) A revision of the mole cricket genus Scapteriscus with the description of a morphologically similar new genus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 129(3-4), 411–485.
  • 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.
  • Hung, Y.P. & Prestwich, K.N. (2004) Is significant acoustic energy found in the audible and ultrasonic harmonics in cricket calling songs? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 13(2), 231–238. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282004%29013%5B0231%3AISAEFI%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Hill, P.S.M., Wells, H. & Shadley, J.R. (2006) Singing from a constructed burrow: why vary the shape of the burrow mouth? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 23–29. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B23%3ASFACBW%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae). Zootaxa, 3985(4), 451–490.
  • Kostromytska, O., Scharf, M.E. & Buss, E.A. (2015) Types and functions of mole cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) antennal and palpal sensilla. The Florida Entomologist, 98(2), 593–605. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1653/024.098.0232
  • Silva, D.S.M., Pereira, M.R. & Sperber, C.F. (2017) The type material of Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Orthoptera: Ensifera) deposited in the Orthoptera collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia (ANSP): an updated checklist. Zootaxa, 4318(3), 499–519.
  • Pereira, K.de S., Marques, O.M., Puker, A., Pereira, M.R. & Zanuncio, J.C. (2018) Neoscapteriscus borellii and Neoscapteriscus tenuis (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae): first record in tobacco plantations in the state of Bahia, Brazil. The Florida Entomologist, 101(1), 125–127. Available at http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/90768
  • Capinera, J.L. (2019) Southern Mole Cricket Neoscapteriscus borelli (Giglio-Tos, 1894) (Gryllotalpidae). In Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 229–232.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the Italian zoologist Alfredo Borelli (1858–1943).

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1034