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  tribe Conocephalini Burmeister, 1838
genus Orchelimum (Serville, 1838)
subgenus Orchelimum (Serville, 1838)

species Orchelimum (Orchelimum) concinnum Scudder, 1862

• Common name(s):  Dusky-faced Meadow Katydid; stripe-faced meadow katydid
• Images: (11) See all images
  • male (holotype of Orchelimum indianense Blatchley); specimen
  • female (body 16.5-18 mm, tegmina 17-24 mm, ovipositor 7.5-8.2 mm)
  • ovipositor
• Sound recordings:
  • Hancock Co., MS, cage in lab, temp. 25.7 degrees C, 20 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
  • 
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (28):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1862. Jour. Nat. Hist. Boston 7(3):452 >> Orchelimum concinnum  
  • Redtenbacher. 1891. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 41:502 >> Xiphidium (Orchelimum) concinnum  
  • McNeill. 1891. Psyche 6(178):25 >> Orchelimum concinnum  
  • Beutenmüller. 1894. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6:282  
  • Beutenmüller. 1894. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6:282 >> Orchelimum concinnum  
  • McNeill. 1900. Entomol. News 3:79, 82
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1905. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 57:48 >> Orchelimum concinnum  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:272  
  • Karny. 1907. Abh. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 4(3):83 >> Xiphidium (Orchelimum) concinnum
  • Karny. 1912. In Wytsman [Ed.]. Genera Insectorum 135:6 >> Note: Catalog
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1914. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 66:407
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1915. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 41:60 >> Note: Lectotype M; Group E >> Orchelimum (Orchelimum) concinnum  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 68:264 >> Orchelimum concinnum
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of north-eastern America 554 >> Orchelimum concinnum concinnum  
  • Morse. 1920. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 35(6):362 >> Orchelimum concinnum  
  • King, R.L. 1924. Science 60 >> Note: chromosomes
  • Hebard. 1932[1931]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 83:199
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:214 >> Orchelimum concinnum concinnum  
  • Hebard. 1938. Entomol. News 49:37
  • Urquhart. 1941. Contr. R. Ontario Mus. zool. 20:17 >> Note: notes
  • Makino. 1951. An atlas of the chromosome number in animals Press 1:113-119 >> Note: chromosomes
  • Thomas, E.S. & R.D. Alexander. 1962. Occasional papers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 26:49 >> Orchelimum concinnum  
  • Walker, T.J. 1975. Jour. Comp. Physiol. A. Sens. Neural & Behav. Physiol. 101:57-69 >> Note: Temperature and song
  • Morris, G.K. & F. Walker. 1976. Canadian Ent. 108:789, 790, 795 >> Note: Distribution; calling song >> Orchelimum concinnum
  • Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:48 >> Orchelimum concinnum
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa. 1998. Folia biologica (Krakow) 46:161
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 155 >> Orchelimum concinnum
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 178, 180, Plate 39 >> Orchelimum concinnum
• Scrutiny:
  • Maehr, 2007, subgeneric status not recognized by most authors
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Massachusetts, Cape Cod
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Sex of type:  male
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

• synonym indianense Blatchley, 1893
• synonym inerme (Redtenbacher, 1891)
• synonym longipennis Scudder, 1862