''Oecanthus mhatreae'', commonly known as the ''Otomí tree cricket,''
is a species of
tree cricket
Tree crickets are insects of the Order (biology), order Orthoptera. These cricket (insect), crickets are in the subfamily Oecanthinae of the Family (biology), family Gryllidae.
Description
Tree crickets as well as most other crickets have tw ...
in the family
Gryllidae. It is found in
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
,
Mexico.
Its common name comes from the indigenous
Otomi people who are native to the
Mexican Plateau region, and its scientific name was given in honour of
Natasha Mhatre, a noted Indian Biologist and Professor at
University of Western Ontario in
Canada.
References
Oecanthus
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