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  subfamily Oecanthinae Blanchard, 1845
tribe Oecanthini Blanchard, 1845
genus Oecanthus Serville, 1831

species Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874

• Common name(s):  prairie tree cricket
• Images:
  • male, dorsal view
  • first two segments of left antenna, ventral surface (most common stages in middle)
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Saussure. 1874. Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6:460 >> Oecanthus argentinus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:76 >> Oecanthus argentinus  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1907. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 59:66 >> Oecanthus argentinus  
  • Hebard. 1925. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 51:265 >> Note: Syn. >> Oecanthus nigricornis  
  • Fulton. 1926. Oregon Agric. College Exp. Sta. Bull. 223:13 >> Oecanthus nigricornis argentinus
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:253 >> Oecanthus nigricornis argentinus  
  • Walker, T.J. 1963. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 56:772
  • Walker, T.J. 1966. Florida Ent. 49(4):267 >> Oecanthus argentinus  
  • Chopard. 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12:439 >> Oecanthus argentinus
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 205, 208 >> Oecanthus argentinus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Southern South America, Argentina Northeast, La Plata
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  female
  • Location of type:  MHNG Geneva Museum

• synonym rehnii Baker, 1905