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  tribe Gryllini Laicharting, 1781
genus Gryllus (Linnaeus, 1758)
subgenus Gryllus (Linnaeus, 1758)

species Gryllus (Gryllus) veletis (Alexander & Bigelow, 1960)

• Common name(s):  spring field cricket
• Images: (6) See all images
  • female, lateral view (allotype); specimen
  • female, dorsal view (allotype); specimen
  • labels (allotype); specimen
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
  • Map based on specimen latitude/longitude data.
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (7):
  • Alexander, R.D. & Bigelow. 1960. Evolution 14:335 >> Acheta veletis
  • Randell. 1964. Canadian Ent. 96:1592 >> Gryllus veletis
  • Chopard [Ed.]. 1967. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 10:58
  • Weissman, D.C.F. Rentz, R.D. Alexander & Loher. 1980. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 106:351
  • Burpee & Sakaluk. 1993. Jour. Ins. Behav. 6(4):431
  • Murray & Cade. 1995. Canad. J. Zool. 73(7):1207-1213, illustr.
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 177 >> Gryllus veletis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, North-Central U.S.A., Illinois, Piatt County
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  male
  • Location of type:  UMMZ Ann Arbor