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Taxonomy

*Oecanthus nigricornis*
Oecanthus nigricornis
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Oecanthidae
Subfamily:	Oecanthinae
Tribe:	Oecanthini
Genus:	Oecanthus
Scientific name
	Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869
Geography
Native countries:
	Canada; United States;
Sound
	; Listen to this species on xeno-canto, SINA, and SOI

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File No subspecies recorded for this taxon.

Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Distribution

Biology and ecology

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Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Songs of Insects	Lang Elliott and Will Hershberger			View URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

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Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Abbott William Nason — 6 specimens collected
Charles Hart — 6 specimens collected
Jason Hill — 2 specimens collected

Mark Rosenstein — 2 specimens collected
Theodore Henry Frison — 1 specimen collected
Herbert Holdsworth Ross — 1 specimen collected
Carl Otto Mohr — 1 specimen collected
Selim Peabody — 1 specimen collected
Matthew Parr — 1 specimen collected
Andrew Cannizzaro — 1 specimen collected
Spencer Hardy — 1 specimen collected
Brendan McNabb — 1 specimen collected
Ludovic Leclerc — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

Andrew Cannizzaro — 1 specimen identified

References