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species Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) candidus Costa, 1885

• Common name(s):  Whitish Sand Grasshopper
• Sound recordings:
  • lab recording, August 1978, 35°C (Uher, tape no. CS_U08R, 500 Hz high pass filter); specimen
• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
  • Xeno-canto
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (14):
  • Costa, A. 1885. Bull. Soc. entom. Ital. 17:241   >> Sphyngonotus coerulans variety candidus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:76038
  • Costa, A. 1888[1884]. Atti Reale Accad. Sci. Fis. Matemat. Napoli 2(1)9:50 >> Sphingonotus caerulans candidus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:66323
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):274   >> Note: synonym >> Sphingonotus rubescens
  • Zanon. 1926. Mem. Pont. Accad. Sci. Nuovi Lincei 2 9:184 >> Sphingonotus candidus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:513937
  • Mistshenko. 1937[1936]. Eos 12(3-4):85,183   >> Sphingonotus candidus candidus
  • Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 2:289   >> Hyalorrhipis candida    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:518081
  • Harz. 1975. Ser. Entomol. 11:536 >> Leptoternis candidus candidus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:516104
  • Herrera, L. 1982. Ser. Entomol. 22:86 >> Leptopternis candidus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:179082
  • La Greca. 1994. Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 72:211 >> Note: [needs verification] >> Sphingonotus candidus
  • Schmidt, G.H. & Lilge. 1997. Geographische Verbreitung der Oedipodinae (Orthopteroidea, Caelifera, Acrididae) in Europa und Randgebieten mit Hinweisen zur Ökologie und Biologie 72 >> Note: neotype designation [2 neosyntypes] >> Sphingonotus candidus
  • Galvagni. 2010. Atti Acc. Rov. Agiati 8 10(B):184   >> Sphingonotus candidus candidus
  • Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé. 2012. Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera 48:436 >> Sphingonotus candidus candidus
  • Husemann, Deppermann & Hochkirch. 2014. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 81:174–181 >> Sphingonotus candidus
  • Iorio, Scherini, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers, Odé & Massa. 2019. Grasshoppers and Crickets of Italy: A photographic field guide to all the species 437   >> Sphingonotus candidus candidus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Europe, Southwestern Europe, Sardegna, Stagno di Platamona
  • Kind of type:  neotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  Schmidt

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