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Tropidolophus formosus (Say, 1825)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Say, T. (1825) In American Entomology or Descriptions of the Insects of North America. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia. Vol. 2, Plate XXXIV. Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37485#page/204/mode/1up

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Orthoptera
family
Acrididae
genus
Tropidolophus
species
Tropidolophus formosus

Name

Synonyms
Cyrtolopha formosus (Say, 1825)
Gryllus formosus Say, 1825
Homonyms
Tropidolophus formosus (Say, 1825)
Common names
Dinosaur Grasshopper in English
Great Crested Grasshopper in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 106, Plate 21
  2. Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez. 2008. Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide, World Biodiversity Association, Verona, Italy 205
  3. Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):212
  4. 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.) 141:50
  5. Otte, D. 1984. Acrididae: Oedipodinae. North American Grasshoppers, Harvard University Press, Cambridge 2:337
  6. Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. Orthoptera Species File 5. 630.
  7. 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) 7:103
  8. 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):140
  9. Say. 1825. American Entomology or Descriptions of the Insects of North America, Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia 2:Plate XXXIV
  10. 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.) 9:30
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