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Some Southwestern Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera)

1947; Oxford University Press; Volume: 40; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/aesa/40.2.241

1938-2901

H. F. Strohecker,

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Collecting in New Mexico during the summer of 1945 resulted in the discovery of three new species of the orthopterous family Gryllacrididae. One of these is a Ceuthophilus; the other two belong to the little known genera Ammobaenetes and Daihiniodes. To Dr. T. H. Hubbell I am indebted for the loan of material of Daihiniodes hastiferum (Rehn) and a pair of A mmobaenetes phrixocnemoides which he had compared with Caudell's type. Inasmuch as the type of A. phrixocnemoides is a female from Mesilla Park, New Mexico, and Hubbell's specimens are from Oklahoma there is still a possibility that the two regions harbor more than a single species but discovery of adult males from Mesilla Park is necessary for complete solution of the matter. Nevertheless, the specimens treated below seem certainly to represent a new form for which taxonomic practice requires a name even though further collecting may reveal it to be a subspecies.