Biology:Oecanthus niveus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Tribe: | Oecanthini |
| Genus: | Oecanthus |
| Species: | O. niveus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oecanthus niveus (De Geer, 1773)
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Oecanthus niveus, known generally as the narrow-winged tree cricket or snowy tree cricket, is a species of tree cricket in the family Gryllidae, which includes all crickets. First noted by Swedish Entomologist Charles de Geer in 1773 by a Pennsylvanian Specimen, it is found primarily in Eastern North America south of Canada, and also in the Caribbean.[1][2][3][4][5]
Identification
Adult O. niveus are typically 13-16mm in length. They are a pale green with a pale orange head, and feature a dark streak running medially along the pronotum. On top of the head is an orange cap.[5]
Habitat
O. niveus can be found on broad-leaved trees, herbaceous plants, shrubbery, and in man-made orchards.[6]
Song
Like other members of the genus Oecanthus, the song of the male narrow-winged tree cricket varies in pitch and beats per minute depending the temperature, with warmer temperatures resulting in more rapid calling at a higher pitch.[5] At 25°C, the pulse rate averages 71/sec at a frequency of 3.0 kHz.[7] Songs are most often heard at night in late summer and autumn.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Oecanthus niveus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=658611. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Oecanthus niveus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1720916. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Oecanthus niveus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/8003. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Oecanthus niveus (De Geer, 1773)". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1128132. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Fulton, Bentley (May 1915). "Tree Crickets of New York: Life History and Bionomics". New York Agricultural Experiment Station. https://orthsoc.org/sina/s576lf15.pdf.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Narrow-winged Tree Cricket | Vermont Atlas of Life". https://val.vtecostudies.org/projects/orthoptera/narrow-winged-tree-cricket/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "narrow-winged tree cricket (Oecanthus niveus)". https://orthsoc.org/sina/584a.htm.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10607216 entry
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