Oecanthus nigricornis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Gryllidae
Tribe: Oecanthini
Genus: Oecanthus
Species:
O. nigricornis
Binomial name
Oecanthus nigricornis

Oecanthus nigricornis is a "common tree cricket" in the subfamily Oecanthinae ("tree crickets").[1][2] A common name for O. nigricornis is black-horned tree cricket.[3] It is found in North America.[2]

Courtship feeding

Bell 1979 finds courtship feeding goes into increased fecundity, however Arnold and Duvall 1994 finds quantity to not be the selection criterion: Female choice has evolved to prefer mates who give the highest value nuptial gift, disregarding quantity. Variation in quality between gifts also plays a role.[4]

References

  1. ↑ bugguide.net Oecanthus nigricornis species information.
  2. 1 2 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Life Oecanthus nigricornis species overview.
  4. ↑ Brown, W. D. (1999). "Mate Choice In Tree Crickets And Their Kin". Annual Review of Entomology. Annual Reviews. 44 (1): 371–396. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.371. ISSN 0066-4170.

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Capinera, John L.; Scott, Ralph D.; Walker, Thomas Jefferson (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8. OCLC 55138832. ISBN 9780801442605.
  • Otte, Daniel (1997). "Orthoptera Species File: Crickets (Grylloidea)". Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) : and addenda to OSF vols 1-5. Philadelphia, Penn: Orthopterists' Society. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-9640101-1-6. OCLC 182907829.
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