Oecanthus nigricornis explained

Oecanthus nigricornis is a "common tree cricket" in the subfamily Oecanthinae ("tree crickets").^{[1] [2]} A common name for O. nigricornis is black-horned tree cricket.^[3] It is found in North America.^[2]

Courtship feeding

Bell 1979 finds courtship feeding goes into increased fecundity, however Arnold and Duvall 1994 finds quantity to not be the selection criterion: Female choice has evolved to prefer mates who give the highest value nuptial gift, disregarding quantity. Variation in quality between gifts also plays a role.^[4]

Further reading

• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Book: Capinera . John L. . Scott . Ralph D. . Walker . Thomas Jefferson . Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States . . 2004 . 978-0-8014-8948-8 . 55138832 . 249. .
• Book: Otte, Daniel . Orthoptera Species File: Crickets (Grylloidea) . Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) : and addenda to OSF vols 1-5 . . Philadelphia, Penn . 1997 . 978-0-9640101-1-6 . 182907829 . 120.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Oecanthus nigricornis

Notes and References

1. https://bugguide.net/node/view/7539 bugguide.net
2. https://www.itis.gov/ Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
3. http://eol.org/pages/502859/overview Encyclopedia of Life
4. Brown . W. D. . Mate Choice In Tree Crickets And Their Kin . . . 44 . 1 . 1999 . 0066-4170 . 10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.371 . 371–396.