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species Trimerotropis saxatilis McNeill, 1901

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• Distribution:
  •  eastern Oklahoma and Kansas to Illinois and southern Georgia
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Very local, rocky outcrops in hilly country (Hebard 1934), exposed lichen-covered rocks on mountain summits (Otte 1984).
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • McNeill. 1901. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 23(1215):440   >> Trimerotropis saxatilis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:66733
  • Morse. 1904. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. 18:37   >> Trimerotropis saxatilis
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):259   >> Pseudotrimerotropis saxatilis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:66734
  • Frison. 1927. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 16(4):143   >> Trimerotropis saxatilis
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:186   >> Note: records from southern Illinois >> Trimerotropis saxatilis
  • Strohecker. 1939. Canadian Ent. 71(8):170   >> Trimerotropis saxatilis
  • Webb, D. W. 1980. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 32(2):57   >> Trimerotropis saxatilis
  • Otte, D. 1984. North American Grasshoppers 2:218, 336 >> Trimerotropis saxatilis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Illinois, Union County
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  INHS Illinois

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