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species Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763)

• Common name(s):  Clipped-Wing Grasshopper; Short-horned Locust
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  specimen

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Long damp grassland, especially at margins of pools and swamps.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (37):
  • Johannson. 1763. In Linnaeus. Amoenitates Academicae seu dissertationes variae Physicae, Medicae, Botanicae anthehac seorsim editae, 2nd ed. 6:398   >> Gryllus brevicornis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52329
  • Linnaeus. 1767. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae 1, pt. 2:692   >> Gryllus (Acrida) brevicornis
  • Fabricius. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 379   >> Truxalis brevicornis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52331
  • Gmelin. 1790. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae 1(4):2056   >> Gryllus (Acrida) brevicornis
  • Scudder, S.H. 1869. Smithson. misc. Coll. 8:83   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • McNeill. 1897. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 6:211   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Giglio-Tos. 1897. Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 12(302):23   >> Metaleptea brevicornis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52328
  • Walker, E.M. 1902. Canadian Ent. 34(10):251   >> Tryxalis brevicornis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52332
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1903. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 29(1):9   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1905. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 57(2):400   >> Note: type species for Truxalis >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1905. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 57:802   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):103   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1916. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 42(3):275   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida 198   >> Tryxalis brevicornis
  • Bruner, L. 1920[1919]. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 13:24   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Hebard. 1922. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 48(2):104   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Hebard. 1923. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 49(3):197   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Hebard. 1924. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 50(2):93   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:173   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Liebermann. 1939. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 10:149   >> Truxalis brevicornis
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1944. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 70(3):224   >> Metaleptea brevicornis brevicornis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:514398
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1967. Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 97:62   >> Metaleptea brevicornis brevicornis
  • Otte, D. 1981. North American Grasshoppers 1:217, 240 >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research). 1982. The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual 398 >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78(4):384 >> Note: no material in LS collection >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1986. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada 14:437   >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Riede. 1987. Ethology 76:274   >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Donato & Cigliano. 2000. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 126(2):149 >> Note: redescription >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Capinera, C.W. Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida 57   >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 73 >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 76, Plate 7 >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Carbonell, C. Hugh Fraser Rowell, Bentos-Pereira & Porras. 2007. Zootaxa 1594:58 >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez. 2008. Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide 133   >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Barranco. 2010. Boletín de la SEA 47:27 >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega. 2013. Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada 167-168 >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama 176 >> Note: distribution: southern Canada to Costa Rica >> Metaleptea brevicornis
  • De Gracia & Santos Murgas. 2021. Tecnociencia 23(1):368   >> Metaleptea brevicornis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: North America, U.S.A.
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Status of type:  lost?

• synonym burkhartianus (Saussure, 1861)
• synonym ensicorne (De Geer, 1773)
• synonym notochlorus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)
• synonym punctipennis (Serville, 1838)
• synonym stenobothroides (Walker, 1871)
• synonym viridulus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)

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