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

species Orchelimum (Orchelimum) pulchellum Davis, 1909

• Common name(s):  Handsome Meadow Katydid
• Images:
  • male (from Cumberland County, North Carolina)
  • male (from Cumberland County, North Carolina)
• Sound recordings:
  • Glades Co., FL, cage in lab, temp. 26.2 degees C, 19 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
  • Map based on specimen latitude/longitude data.
• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (13):
  • Davis, W.T. 1909. Canadian Ent. 41(1):33 >> Orchelimum pulchellum
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1911[1910]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 62:642
  • Karny. 1912. In Wytsman [Ed.]. Genera Insectorum 135:6 >> Note: Catalog
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1915. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 41:53 >> Note: Group C >> Orchelimum (Orchelimum) laticauda  
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of north-eastern America 546 >> Note: Group I >> Orchelimum pulchellum  
  • Hebard. 1938. Entomol. News 49:37
  • Walker, T.J. 1971. Florida Ent. 54(4):277 >> Note: Nigripes group >> Orchelimum nigripes
  • 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. 108:791 >> Note: Distribution; calling song >> Orchelimum pulchellum
  • Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:49 >> Orchelimum pulchellum
  • Shapiro. 1998. Evolution 52:784-796 >> Orchelimum pulchellum
  • Shapiro. 2000. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 93:440-446 >> Orchelimum pulchellum
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 178 >> Orchelimum pulchellum
• Scrutiny:
  • Maehr, 2007, subgeneric status not recognized by most authors
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., New Jersey
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Location of type:  Brooklyn