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

species Oecanthus niveus (De Geer, 1773)

• Common name(s):  Snowy Tree Cricket; narrow-winged tree cricket
• Images: (6) See all images
  • male (Storrs, CT, USA)
  • female (Ashford, CT, USA)
  • male, dorsal view
• Sound recordings:
  • - temp.: 26°C, call duration: 5 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
  • 
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (18):
  • De Geer. 1773. Mémoires pour servir à l' histoire des insectes 3:522 >> Gryllus niveus
  • Scudder, S.H. 1869. Smithson. misc. Coll. 8:3 >> Acheta nivea  
  • Bolívar, I. 1888. Mem. Soc. Zool. France 1:158 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1894. Psyche 7:4 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Beutenmüller. 1894. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6:269 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1901. Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6:4 >> Acheta nivea  
  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell. 1902. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 9:60 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1907. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 59:66 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Morse. 1920. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 35(6):404 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Hebard. 1925. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 51:307 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Fulton. 1926. Oregon Agric. College Exp. Sta. Bull. 223:10 >> Oecanthus niveus
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:253 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Walker, T.J. 1962. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 55:308 >> Note: Lectotype designation
  • Walker, T.J. 1966. Florida Ent. 49(4):266 >> Oecanthus niveus  
  • Chopard. 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12:434 >> Oecanthus niveus
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 188 >> Oecanthus niveus
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 205-207 >> Oecanthus niveus
  • Cano-Santana, Romero-Mata & Marcela Perez-Escobedo. 2008. Jour. Orth. Res. 17(1):111 >> Oecanthus niveus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Pennsylvania
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Sex of type:  female
  • Location of type:  NHRS Stockholm