The genus Chorthippus in North America has been in a confused state for much of the past seventy years. The genus is typically Palaearctic, with many Old World species, and is represented in the Nearctic Region by what has, in more recent times, been listed as a single species. Hebard (1936) synonymized all specifie names which had been applied within this genus in North America, under the name of an European species. Subsequently this name was shown to be a nomen dubium, as the original description would not differentiate between two well known European species to which it could almost equally well be applied (see p.22 ). This created the necessity of establishing whether North American Chorthippus is conspecific with either of these European species, and if so, with which. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116722 |
| Date | January 1964 |
| Creators | Vickery, V. R. (Vernon Randolph). |
| Contributors | Kevan, D. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Entomology.) |
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