| Identification | 
			
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							| Current: | species Oecanthus nanus Walker, 1967 |  
							| Historical: | Oecanthus nanus; holotype of species Oecanthus nanus Walker, 1967; cited by Walker, T.J. 1967. Revision of the Oecanthinae (Gryllidae: Orthoptera) of America south of the United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 60:784-796 |  | 
			
				| Specimen | 
			
				|  | Basis of record: not specified Counts: males 1
 Depository: UMMZ, Ann Arbor
 Data source: not recorded
 Other: no data
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				| Locality | 
			
				|  | Western South America, Ecuador: Guayas, Guayaquil; S 2.161556, W 79.998289; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
				|  | April 20, 1963; T.H. Hubbell & L.E. Peña | 
			
				| Images | 
			
				|  |  male, lateral view (holotype) 
  male, dorsal view (holotype) 
  labels (holotype) | 
			
				| Sounds | 
			
				|  | None | 
			
				| Ecological relationships | 
			
				|  | None | 
			
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