MOLE CRICKETS: IDENTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION

Mole Crickets: Identification and Distribution

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Walker TJ, Nickle DA. 1981. Introduction and spread of pest mole crickets: Scapteriscus vicinus and S. acletus reexamined. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 74: 158-163.
Townsend BC. 1983. A revision of the Afrotropical mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 46: 175-203.
Nickle DA, Castner JL. 1984. Introduced species of mole crickets in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 77: 450-465.
Walker TJ. 1985. Systematics and life cycles [p. 3-10, in:] Walker TJ. (ed.) Mole crickets in Florida. Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 846 (1984): i-iv, 1-54.
Ivie MA, Nickle DA 1986. Virgin Islands records of the changa, Scapteriscus didactylus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Florida Entomologist 69: 760-761.
Nickle DA, Frank W. 1988. Pest mole crickets, Scapteriscus acletus Rehn & Hebard (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) reported established in Arizona. Florida Entomologist 71: 90-91.
Frank JH, Woodruff RE, Nuñez CA. 1987. Scapteriscus didactylus (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in the Dominican Republic. Florida Entomologist 70: 478-483.
Nickle DA. 1992. Scapteriscus borellii Giglio-Tos: The correct species name for the southern mole cricket in southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 94: 524-525.
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Frank JH, Walker TJ. 2003. Mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae) in Jamaica. Florida Entomologist 86: 484-485.
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