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Campylacantha Olivacea Olivacea P1320310a
''Campylacantha'' is a genus of Melanoplinae, spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about five described species in ''Campylacantha''. Species These five species belong to the genus ''Campylacantha'': * ''Campylacantha acutipennis'' (Scudder, 1875) * ''Campylacantha lamprotata'' Rehn and Hebard, 1909 * ''Campylacantha olivacea'' (Scudder, 1875) (fuzzy olive-green grasshopper) * ''Campylacantha vegana'' Scudder and Cockerell, 1902 * ''Campylacantha vivax'' (Scudder, 1876) i Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * External links * Melanoplinae Articles created by Qbugbot Acrididae genera Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder {{melanoplinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Samuel Hubbard Scudder (April 13, 1837 – May 17, 1911) was an American entomologist and paleontologist. He was a leading figure in entomology during his lifetime and the founder of insect paleontology in America. In addition to fossil insects, he was an authority on butterflies (Lepidoptera) and grasshoppers (Orthoptera). Biography Scudder was born on April 13, 1837, in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Charles Scudder and Sarah Lathrop (Coit) Scudder. His father was a successful merchant, and both parents had Puritan roots dating back to the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1620s. He was raised in a strict Calvinist Congregational household.Leach (2013) One of his younger brothers, Horace Scudder, became a noted author and editor of the ''Atlantic Monthly'',Cockerell (1911) while his niece Vida Dutton Scudder was a writer and social activist. Scudder attended Boston Latin School, and then enrolled in Williams College in 1853 at the age of 16. He studied with na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
