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  subfamily Tettigoniinae Krauss, 1902
tribe Tettigoniini Krauss, 1902
genus Capnobotes Scudder, 1897

species Capnobotes occidentalis (Thomas, 1872)

• Common name(s):  western longwing
• Images:
  • male habitus, lateral view (not a type)
• Sound recordings:
  • Navajo Co., AZ, cage in low-noise rm, temp. 25.5 degrees C, 20 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (13):
  • Thomas, C. 1872. In Hayden. U.S. Geological Survey of Montana and Adjacent Territory 1871. Annual Report of Progress 5:444 >> Locusta occidentalis
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897. Canadian Ent. 29(4):74 >> Capnobotes
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:181  
  • Caudell. 1907. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 32:315 >> Capnobotes occidentalis occidentalis
  • Hebard. 1927. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 79:9 >> Note: Type from Califonia, only wings and legs remain
  • Caudell. 1934. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 10(4):151 >> Note: Misidentified as C. bruneri
  • Hebard. 1935. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 87:74
  • Tinkham. 1944. Am. Midl. Nat. 31(2):270 >> Note: Biology
  • Rivers. 1948. Am. Midl. Nat. 39:700 >> Note: In Nevada
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Birchim. 1968. Mem. Pacific Coast Ent. Soc. 3:23 >> Note: Type data
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 1976. Entomol. News 87:157 >> Note: Ecology, behavior notes
  • Ueshima & D.C.F. Rentz. 1979. Cytologia 44(3):693-714 >> Note: karyotype characteristics
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa. 1998. Folia biologica (Krakow) 46:169
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., California, Santa Barbara County, Tepusquet Peak
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  female
  • Location of type:  USNM Washington

• synonym uniformis Caudell, 1907
• synonym viridis Cockerell, 1904