Hippiscus

{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}

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| image = Hippiscus ocelote P1240844a.jpg

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| display_parents = 4

| genus = Hippiscus

| parent_authority = Saussure, 1861

| species = ocelote

| authority = (Saussure, 1861)

| synonyms = *Hippiscus citrinus Scudder SH, 1901

  • Hippiscus compactus Scudder SH, 1892
  • Hippiscus immaculatus Morse, 1906
  • Oedipoda rugosa Scudder SH, 1862Scudder SH (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Jour. Nat. Hist. Boston 7(3):409-480
  • Oedipoda ocelote Saussure, 1861Saussure H (1861) Orthoptera Nova Americana (Diagnoses Praeliminaires). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (Revue et Magasin de Zoologie) 2(13): 126-130, 156-164, 313-324, 397-402
  • Hippiscus suturalis Scudder SH, 1892
  • Hippiscus transtrigata (Walker F, 1870)Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):674 pp.
  • Hippiscus variegatus Scudder SH, 1892Scudder SH (1892) The Orthopteran genus Hippiscus. Psyche, A Journal of Entomology (Psyche) 6:265-274, 285-288, 301-305, 317-320, 333-336, 347-350, 359-363

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Hippiscus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is only one described species in the genus, Hippiscus ocelote from North America.

References

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{{Cite web| title=Hippiscus Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657806

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| accessdate=2018-04-27

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{{Cite web| title=Browse Hippiscus

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/e91758c512e583193e5dcd8a73187eb4

| website=Catalogue of Life

| accessdate=2018-04-27

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{{Cite web| title=Hippiscus

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4403653

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2018-04-27

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{{Cite web| title=Hippiscus Genus Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/33140

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2018-04-27

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{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2018-04-27

| last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel

| last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta

| last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger

| last4 = Eades | first4 = David C.

| title = Orthoptera Species File Online

| url = http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1104381

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| title = The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets

| date = 2003

| last1 = Bland | first1 = Roger

| publisher = Michigan State University Extension

| isbn = 978-1565250178

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States

| date = 2004

| last1 = Capinera

| first1 = J. L

| last2 = Scott

| first2 = R. D.

| last3 = Walker

| first3 = T. J.

| publisher = Cornell University Press

| isbn = 978-0-8014-8948-8

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetogras0000capi

}}

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