NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Obscure Slant-Faced Grasshopper
Eritettix obscurus (Scudder, 1878)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eritettix obscurus (Scudder, 1878)
- Name authority
- (Scudder, 1878)
- Common name
- Obscure Slant-Faced Grasshopper
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Acrididae
- Genus
- Eritettix
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderOrthoptera Olivier, 1789
- suborderCaelifera Ander, 1936
- infraorderAcrididea Targioni-Tozzetti, 1882
- superfamilyAcridoidea MacLeay, 1821
- familyAcrididae MacLeay, 1821
- subfamilyGomphocerinae Fieber, 1853
- tribeEritettigini Otte, 1981
- genusEritettix Bruner, 1889
- speciesEritettix obscurus (Scudder, 1878)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eritettix. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eritettix carinatus (Scudder, 1902) | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Velvet-striped GrasshopperEritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869) | AcrididaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eritettix sylvestris Blatchley, 1903 Blatchley, 1903 | synonym |
| Chrysochraon obscurus Scudder, 1878 Scudder, 1878 | synonym |
| Pedeticum obscurus (Scudder, 1878) (Scudder, 1878) | synonym |
| Amphitornus obscurus (Scudder, 1878) (Scudder, 1878) | synonym |
| Macneillia obscurus (Scudder, 1878) (Scudder, 1878) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
INI
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Scudder, S.H. (1878) The Florida Orthoptera collected by Mr. J. H. Comstock. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 80–94. [1877] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130632#page/92/mode/1up Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3B832. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.