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

species Gryllus (Gryllus) vernalis Blatchley, 1920

• Nomenclatural details:   Nomen protectum (Nomen oblitum is americanus)
• Common name(s):  Spring Field Cricket; northern wood cricket
• Images:
  • female (body length 15-16.5 mm, ovipositor 10.5-11.5 mm)
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
  • Map based on specimen latitude/longitude data.
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (5):
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of north-eastern America 704 >> Gryllus assimilis vernalis  
  • Alexander, R.D. 1957. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 50:586 >> Acheta vernalis
  • Randell. 1964. Canadian Ent. 96:1592 >> Gryllus
  • Chopard [Ed.]. 1967. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 10:57 >> Gryllus
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 195 >> Gryllus vernalis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Indiana, Crawford County, (May)
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Sex of type:  female

• synonym americanus Blatchley, 1903