The North American Grasshoppers, Volume II: Acrididae: Oedipodinae

by Daniel Otte

Overview

Having received such lavish praise for the first volume of his definitive taxonomic handbook, Daniel Otte now turns his attention to the bandwing grasshoppers. As before, the book includes:

– Highly detailed, full-color drawings of all species, including more than one color phase when appropriate;
– Illustrated keys and lists of principal recognition features;
– Information on distributional limits, habitat preferences, ecology, behavior, and life cycle;
– Excellent point-distribution maps;
– Pertinent references, taxonomic index, history of name changes, and an explanation of the characters used to derive phylogenies.

Like its predecessor, this volume will be useful to scientists in agriculture, environmental assessment, biogeography, grassland ecology, and insect taxonomy. It will also appeal to amateur naturalists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674626614
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/28/1985
Series:	North American Grasshoppers Series , #2
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Daniel Otte is Curator and Chair of Entomology at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Taxonomic Characters and Variability

Communication in Oedipodinae

Reproductive Isolation

The Subfamily Oedipodinae

Key to Genera of Oedipodinae

Machaerocera

Tropidolophus

ARPHIA GENUS GROUP

Arphia

Leuronotina

Totnonotus

Lactista

CHORTOPHAGA GENUS GROUP

Chortophaga

Chimarocephala

Encoptolophus

Shotwellia

HIPPISCUS GENUS GROUP

Hippiscus

Pardalophora

Xanthzppus

Cratypedes

Agyinnastus

Stiethippus

Leprus

Hadrotettix

Heliastus

Camnula

SPHINGONOTUS GENUS GROUP

Spharagemon

Dissosteira

Eximacris

Conozoa

Microtes

Sphingonotus

Trimerotropis

BRYODEMA GENUS GROUP

Circotettix

ANCONIA GENUS GROUP

Anconia

PSINIDIA GENUS GROUP

Psinidia

Trachyrhachys

Hippopedon

Met ator

Mestobregtna

Trepidulus

Derotmema

Appendix 1. Explanation of Characters

Appendix 2. Signal Repertoire of Oedipodinae

Appendix 3. Epiphalli and Aedeagi of Palearetic and Nearctic Species of Oedipodinae

Appendix 4. Taxonomic Changes Made in This Volume

Appendix 5. The Genera of Oedipodinae

Appendix 6. The Species of Oedipodinae

Appendix 7. Pronunciation of Names

References

Taxonomic Index

Editorial Reviews

A beautifully produced book, profusely illustrated… The colour plates are so outstanding that, with some familiarity with the subfamily position, most species can be identified from the illustrations alone… The entire book will undoubtedly act as a spur to advance in the study of physiology, ecology and genetics within groups of related genera.

Entomological News - N. D. Jago

Makes the user as confident of grasshopper identifications as he or she would be of bird identifications in using Peterson’s Field Guide to the Birds… For North American insect species, this book has no equal.

Science

Makes the user as confident of grasshopper identifications as he or she would be of bird identifications in using Peterson’s Field Guide to the Birds… For North American insect species, this book has no equal.

Science

A beautifully produced book, profusely illustrated...The colour plates are so outstanding that, with some familiarity with the subfamily position, most species can be identified from the illustrations alone...The entire book will undoubtedly act as a spur to advance in the study of physiology, ecology and genetics within groups of related genera.
— N. D. Jago

Entomological News