Annotated Checklist of Oecanthinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) of the World

Abstract

The most recent listing of the Oecanthinae of the world is in Volume 2 of Kirby's Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (1906, p. 72-76). Since then the number of described species has doubled and studies of the species in Africa (Chopard 1932), the United States (T. Walker 1962a, 1963), and Latin America (T. Walker 1967) have revealed new synonymies. The list below summarizes present knowledge of oecanthine taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic distribution. Keys to the species of Oecanthinae in specific areas are in the studies listed above and in Tarbinsky (1932, USSR), Chopard (1936, Ceylon), and Chopard (1951, Australia). Little has been published on the biology of Oecanthinae with the exception of Oecanthus pellucens of Europe (Chopard 1938, M.-C. Busnel 1954, M.-C. and R.-G. Busnel 1954) and various U. S. species (Fulton 1915, 1925, 1926a, 1926b; T. Walker 1957, 1962a, 1962b, 1963). The following conventions are used in the checklist: After the word Type, a single asterisk (*) means that the condition and place of deposit of the type specimen were confirmed by correspondence. A double asterisk (**) means that I have examined the type specimen. Data concerning the present status of the type specimen are separated by a semi-colon from data on the place and date of collection and the collector. Abbreviations are used for the following museums: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ANSP); British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London, England (BM); Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (Copenhagen); Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneve, Switzerland (Genrve); Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (Paris); Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden (Stockholm); University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan (UMMZ); United States National Museum, Washington, D. C. (USNM). Immediately after each synonym and its reference, a reference to substantiate the synonymy is given.