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KEY to Oecanthinae by Henri de Saussure - published in 1877                          www.archive.org


Description of O. niveus by Charles DeGeer - published in 1783                        www.biodiversitylibrary.org

Description of O. nigricornis and O. varicornis by Francis A. Walker -               published in 1869                                                                                            www.archive.org

Description of O. latipennis by Charles Valentine Riley - published in 1881       www.biodiversitylibrary.org

Description of O. pini and O. quadripunctatus by William A. Beutenmuller - published in 1894                                                                               http://digitallibrary.amnh.org

Description of O. forbesi by E. S. G. Titus -  published in 1903                                                                                               http://pubservices.nrc-cnrc.ca/rp-ps

Description of O. rileyi by Charles F. Baker - published in 1903                      www.archive.org

Description of O. exclamationis by William T. Davis - published in 1907       www.biodiversitylibrary.org

Description of O. leptogrammus and O. fultoni by Thomas J. Walker published in 1962                                                                   http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/Walker/buzz/s576lw62.pdf           

Description of O. celerinictus and O. laricis by Thomas J. Walker -  published in 1963                             http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/Walker/buzz/s576lw63.pdf                                                                                 


Displays species, labels and sounds -   www.biologie.uni-ulm.de


Displays worldwide species of tree cricket photos  - Insectarium Virtual                 http://www.insectariumvirtual.com/galeria/search.php


Orthoptera Species File - Taxonomic database of the world's Orthopterans   http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9801


Catalogue of Life  ITIS -- Interagency Taxonomic Information System-- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=650524



Macaulay library of sound recordings --  http://macaulaylibrary.org/search.do


Television news story about discovery of O. alexanderi in southern TX in 2009  http://www.kveo.com/news/new-species-cricket-discover-valley


News release about discovery of O. alexanderi in southern TX in 2009   http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20090728b


National Public Radio -- piece about tree cricket songs  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113435034


Eastern Washington Insects  http://www.bentler.us/eastern-washington/insects/tree-crickets.aspx


Songs of Insects  http://www.musicofnature.com/songsofinsects/iframes/specieslist.html


The Marvelous in Nature   http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/tay-meadows-tidbit-tree-cricket/


Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - Stanford University    http://jrbp.stanford.edu/views/cricket.php


Waynes Word -- page about tree crickets   http://waynesword.palomar.edu/redmit5b.htm


Global Biodiversity Information Facility  --list of species       http://data.gbif.org/search/taxa/oecanthus 


Tree Crickets / Oecanthes in New Brunswick  --http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/maryspt/bugs/tree-cricket.html






Four highly recommended resources:     

Singing Insects of North America  ( SINA )


BugGuide  (Tree Crickets info page)

 

1915 article by Bentley B. Fulton (Covers basics)http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/Walker/buzz/s576lf15.pdf                                               From the SINA website                                              


1920 article by Willis S. Blatchley  (Anatomy info)  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/Walker/buzz/s576lb20.pdf                                               From the SINA website