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Aulocara elliotti (Thomas, 1870)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Thomas, C. (1870) Descriptions of grasshoppers from Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 22, 74–84. Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84763#page/84/mode/1up

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Orthoptera
family
Acrididae
genus
Aulocara
species
Aulocara elliotti

Name

Synonyms
Aulocara caerulipes Scudder, 1876
Aulocara decens Scudder, 1876
Aulocara parallelum Scudder, 1899
Oedicara strangulatum Scudder, 1876
Stauronotus elliotti Thomas, 1870
Homonyms
Aulocara elliotti (Thomas, 1870)
Common names
Big-headed Grasshopper in English
Bigheaded Grasshopper in English
Bigheaded Grasshopper in English
Bigheaded Grasshopper in English
bigheaded grasshopper in English
criquet megalocéphale in French
criquet megalocéphale in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Bruner, L. 1885. Contribution to the North Trans-continental Survey. Orthoptera. Canadian Entomologist (Canadian Ent.) 17(1):10
  2. Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 59, Plate 1
  3. Hebard. 1927. Fixation of the single types of species of Orthoptera described by Cyrus Thomas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 79:4
  4. Hebard. 1928. The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 80:232
  5. Johnson, D.L. 2003. Slant-faced grasshoppers of the Canadian Prairies and Northern Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands 9:9
  6. Otte, D. 1970. A comparative study of communicative behavior in grasshoppers. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool.) 141:98
  7. Otte, D. 1981. Acrididae: Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. North American Grasshoppers, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1:143, 233
  8. Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. Orthoptera Species File 5. 630.
  9. Pfadt, J.A. Lockwood & Foppe. 1988. Diets of three common grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) inhabiting desert grassland. Canadian Entomologist (Canadian Ent.) 120(5):415
  10. Pfadt. 1949. Food-plants, distribution, and abundance of the big-headed grasshopper, Aulocara elliotti (Thos). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society (J. Kans. Entomol. Soc.) 22(2):70
  11. Richman, Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland & Ferguson. 1993. A manual of the grasshoppers of New Mexico, Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae. New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Handbook (New Mex. Coop. Extens. Service Handbook) 7:58
  12. Rivera García. 2006. An annotated checklist of some orthopteroid insects of Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Chihuahuan desert), Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) (Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.)) 22(3):137
  13. Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell. 1902. A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.) 9:28
  14. Scudder, S.H. 1901. Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History (Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 6:34
  15. Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey (Bull. Calif. Insect Surv.) 10:68
  16. Thomas, C. 1870. Descriptions of grasshoppers from Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 22:82
  17. Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1983. A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory (Lyman ent. Mus. Res. Lab.) 13(1):1158
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