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  tribe Drymadusini Uvarov, 1924
genus Atlanticus (Scudder, 1894)
subgenus Atlanticus (Scudder, 1894)

species Atlanticus (Atlanticus) dorsalis (Burmeister, 1838)

• Common name(s):  gray shieldback
• Images: (12) See all images
  • male habitus dorsal view (not a type); specimen
  • male habitus lateral view (not a type); specimen
  • male abdominal apex (not a type); specimen
• Sound recordings:
  • Clay Co., FL, cage in lb, temp. 23 degrees C, 8 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
  • Specimens in German collections (DORSA)
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (16):
  • Burmeister. 1838. Handbuch der Entomologie 2(2):I-VIII:713 >> Decticus dorsalis
  • Scudder, S.H. 1862. Jour. Nat. Hist. Boston 7(3):454 >> Thyreonotus  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1877. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 19:83 >> Note: some specimens are gibbosus >> Thyreonotus
  • Scudder, S.H. 1894. Canadian Ent. 26(7):180 >> Atlanticus dorsalis
  • Beutenmüller. 1894. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6:285  
  • Beutenmüller. 1894. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 6:285 >> Atlanticus dorsalis  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1901. Occ. Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 6:34 >> Atlanticus dorsalis  
  • Blatchley. 1903. Ann. Rep. Dept. Geol. and Nat. Resources of Indiana 27:394  
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:181 >> Atlanticus dorsalis  
  • Caudell. 1907. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 32:321 >> Atlanticus dorsalis
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 42:87 >> Atlanticus dorsalis  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 68:268
  • Tinkham. 1941. Notes Ent. Chinoise 8(5):232 >> Note: status questioned >> Atlanticus dorsatus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Birchim. 1968. Mem. Pacific Coast Ent. Soc. 3:101 >> Note: Syn. of A. americanus >> Atlanticus (Atlanticus) americanus
  • Walker, T.J. 1975. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 68(3):607 >> Note: Song rates vs temperature >> Atlanticus dorsalis
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 185 >> Atlanticus dorsalis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., South Carolina, Georgetown County
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Location of type:  MLUH Halle