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Orthoptera

Description

Orthoptera

arizonensis Scudder, 1894, Ceuthophilus

lectotype (1 male, pinned)

Verbatim: Prescott Mt Distr Centr Ariz / Pseudosternite mtd. on slide, after being figured by G. Eager / CNC 311942.

Interpretive data: USA. Arizona: Central Arizona, Prescott Mountain District, 34°34′36″N 112°34′20″W, E. Palmer, CNC Type No. 3828, CNC311942.

Determination: T. Ceuthophilus arizonensis Scudd. Det. by Scudder, 1894 / LECTO HOLOTYPE Ceuthophilus arizonensis Scudd. No. 3828 / LECTOTYPE Ceuthophilus arizonensis Scudder / Selected by Rehn & Hebard 1912.

Comments: Left antenna missing, right antenna broken. Both hind legs missing.

brooksi Vickery, 1967, Xanthippus corallipes

holotype (1 male, pinned) (Figs 4-6)

Verbatim: Reindeer Depot, Mackenzie Delta VII-7-1948 W.J. Brown / CNC 31 1939.

Interpretive data: CANADA. Northwest Territories: Reindeer Depot, Mackenzie Delta, 68°40′8.31″N 134°4′17.67″W, 7.vii.1948, W.J. Brown, CNC Type No. 14093, CNC311939.

Determination: HOLOTYPE Xanthippus corallipes brooksi, Vickery 14093.

Comments: Right foreleg missing tibia and tarsus and midleg missing tarsus.

brooksi Vickery, 1979, Melanoplus packardii

holotype (1 male, pinned)

Verbatim: Torch River Sask. 29.8 1954 Brooks-Wallis / CNC 311926.

Interpretive data: CANADA. Saskatchewan: Torch River, 53°38′5.53″N 104°37′3.86″W, 29.viii.1954, Brooks & Wallis, Holotype CNC Type No. 16268, CNC311926.

Determination: HOLOTYPE Melanoplus packardii brooksi 1978 Vickery C.N.C.No. 16268.

Comments: Left antenna missing. Left midtibia broken.

crypticus Vickery, 1969, Astehelius

Valid name: Cibolacris crypticus (Vickery, 1969)

holotype (1 male, pinned)

Verbatim: Nr. San Jose Beach 40mi. SW. Cd. Obregon Son. MEX. 16-23.V.61 Howden & Martin / CNC 311931. Interpretive data: MEXICO. Sonora: Ciudad Obregón, 64.4km SW, near San Jose Beach, 27°9′12.96″N 110°13′3.36″W, 16-23.v.1961, H. Howden & J.E.H. Martin, CNC311931.

Determination: HOLOTYPE Astehelius crypticus Vickery, 1969.

Comments: Left antenna and foreleg missing.

macdunnoughi (Urquhart, 1938), Nemobius

Valid name: Eunemobius carolinus (Scudder, 1877)

holotype (1 female, pinned)

Verbatim: Hawthorn Ont. 7-VIII 1937 F.A. Urquhart / CNC 311958.

Interpretive data: CANADA. Ontario: Hawthorn, 45°23′19.72″N 75°36′13.37″W, margin of sphagnum bog, 7.viii.1937, F.A. Urquhart, CNC Type No. 4363, CNC311958.

Determination: HOLOTYPE ♀ Nemobius macdunnoughi Urquhart No. 4363 / Nemobius macdunnoughi Urq. / Holotype.

Notes: “Hawthorne” likely refers to Hawthorne Village, a small village located outside of Ottawa from 1873 (when it first assumed the name Hawthorne) until it was annexed by Ottawa in 1950. Hawthorne was located in the area of Hawthorne and Russell Roads in present day Ottawa (information from the Gloucester Historical Society). The original description states that specimens were collected on the margin of a sphagnum bog, which likely refers to Mer Bleue, which is just to the east of Hawthorne.

Comments: Left hind leg missing.

Notes

Published as part of Lonsdale, Owen & Locke, Michelle M., 2018, Name-bearing type specimens in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes (CNC): Blattodea, Dermaptera, Notoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Myriapoda, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phthiraptera, Pseudoscorpiones, Psocoptera, Raphidioptera & Siphonaptera, pp. 101-126 in Zootaxa 4526 (2) on pages 111-112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2611468

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CNC
Event date
1937-08-07 , 1948-07-07 , 1954-08-29 , 1961-05-16
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CNC311926 , CNC311931 , CNC311939 , CNC311942 , CNC311958
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
order
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1937-08-07 , 1948-07-07 , 1954-08-29 , 1961-05-16/23

References

  • Vickery, V. R. (1967) The Orthoptera of Alaska, Yukon, and the Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 93, 249 - 278.
  • Vickery, V. R. (1979) Notes on some Canadian Acrididae (Orthoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 111 (6), 699 - 702. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 111699 - 6
  • Vickery, V. R. (1969) A new genus and species of Orthoptera (Acridoidea, Acrididae) from Sonora, Mexico. The Canadian Entomologist, 101 (11), 1223 - 1227. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 1011223 - 11
  • Urquhart, F. A. (1938) A new species of Nemobius from Ontario (Orthoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 70 (5), 101 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 70101 - 5