Circotettix crotalum Rehn, 1921

Rattling grasshopper

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Missing (NatureServe, 2026)

Last record: 1947/48 or later

Distribution & Habitat

Spring and Sheep Mountains, southern Nevada, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Rehn, J. A. G. (1921). Descriptions of  new and critical notes on previously known forms of North American Oedipodinae (Orthoptera; Acrididae). Trans. Amer. ent. Soc. 47: 171-197.

Other references:

NatureServe. (2026). Circotettix crotalum: Rattling Grasshopper. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 29 September 2026]

Otte, D. (1984). The North American Grasshoppers Volume II. Acrididae (Oedipodinae). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 366 pp.

Otte, D. (1994-1995). Orthoptera Species File, Volumes 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

White, M. J. D. (1949). A cytological survey of wild populations of Trimerotropis and Circotettix. (Orthoptera, Acrididae). I. The chromosomes of twelve species. Genetics 34: 537-563.

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