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  family Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815
subfamily Gryllotalpinae Leach, 1815
genus Neocurtilla Kirby, 1906

species Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty, 1832)

• Common name(s):  northern mole cricket
• Images: (5) See all images
  • female habitus
  • long-winged male, dorsal view
  • Previously Synonym Gryllotalpa borealis
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
  • Specimens in German collections (DORSA)
• Distribution:
  • Map based on specimen latitude/longitude data.
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (33):
  • Perty, J.A.M. 1832. In Perty, M., Spix & Martius. Delect. Anim. Articul. Brasil. 119 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla
  • Scudder, S.H. 1869. Mem. Peab. acad. sc. 1:27 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla
  • Saussure. 1874. Mission scientifique au Méxique et dans l'Amérique centrale 6:344 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla
  • Bolívar, I. 1881. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 10(4):472 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Gundlach. 1887. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 147 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Bolívar, I. 1888. Mem. Soc. Zool. France 1:155 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl & Redtenbacher. 1892. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1892(2):216 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Proc. zool. Soc. London 1893(3):609 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Giglio-Tos. 1898. Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 13(311):105 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1903. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 29(1):32 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1905. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 57:832 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1905. Entomol. News 16:181 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:3 >> Neocurtilla  
  • Chopard. 1913. Mission Amer. sud. 10:45 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1917. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 43(1):118 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Caudell. 1918. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 6(1-3):64 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of north-eastern America 644 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Morse. 1920. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 35(6):417 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Hebard. 1928. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 54(2):122 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Hebard. 1928. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 54:287 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Hebard. 1933. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 59(973):143 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:257 >> Gryllotalpa hexadactyla  
  • Chopard. 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12:454
  • Fowler, Crestana, Camargo & Viera de Camargo. 1986. Cientifica (Jaboticabal) 14(1-2):159-172 >> Note: syst
  • Nguyen & G.C. Smart Jr. 1992. J. Nematol. 24(4):464 >> Note: nematode parasite
  • Nickle. 1992. In Quintero & Aiello [Ed.]. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies 187 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla
  • Canhedo-Lascombe & Corseuil. 1996. Iheringia Sér. Zool. 80:69 >> Note: Redescription
  • Hill, P.S.M., Hoffart & Buchheim. 2002. Jour. Orth. Res. 11(2):171 >> Note: Cladogram
  • Frank, Woodruff & M.C. Thomas. 2002. Entomotropica 17(3):207-212 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla  
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 193 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla hexadactyla
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 212, Plate 47 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla
  • Hill, P.S.M., Wells & Shadley. 2006. Jour. Orth. Res. 15(1):25 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla
  • Frank, Vicente & Leppla. 2007. Insecta Mundi 0004:1-10 >> Neocurtilla hexadactyla
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Brazil, Mts of Minas Gerais
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type

• synonym azteca (Saussure, 1859)
• synonym borealis (Burmeister, 1838)
• synonym brevipennis (Serville, 1838)
• synonym columbia (Scudder, 1869)
• synonym columbiana (Blatchley, 1891)
• synonym intermedia (Saussure, 1874)
• synonym longipennis (Scudder, 1862)
• synonym spinosa Chopard, 1912