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]

Oecanthus nigricornis
An image of Black-horned Tree Cricket
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

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. 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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