Ellipes minuta (Scudder 1862)

Woo, Brandon, 2025, The pygmy mole crickets (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) of Florida, USA, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5717 (4), pp. 451-487 : 467

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5717.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17890692
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scientific name	Ellipes minuta (Scudder 1862)
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Ellipes minuta (Scudder 1862) View in CoL

Figs. 13A–B View FIGURE 13 , 14A View FIGURE 14 , 17 View FIGURE 17

Type locality. USA: Illinois; Thomas leg.

Holotype repository. ANSP

Etymology. From Latin ‘minutus’ = very small in size; tiny; minute.

Distribution. Günther (1977) describes this as the most wide-ranging of all members of the genus, with specimens recorded from Brazil to southern Canada and throughout the Caribbean. He distinguished Florida material as E. minuta variety floridana , due to their lack of hind tibial lamellae. Apparently, all Florida specimens were assignable to this variety, as well as a few specimens from Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, and Pennsylvania (although most material from these states was of the ‘typical form’).

Material examined (n=43). USA, Florida • 1 ♀, Alachua County: 02 October 1964; EG Farnworth leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♀; Citrus County: Homosassa Tract ; 19 Oct 2002; J. Mosley leg.; sandhill community ( ABS) • 1 ♀; Highlands County: Archbold Biological Station ; 27.183, -81.351; 03–07 vii 2023; B. Woo leg. ( TAMUIC) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, Liberty County: Torreya SP; 30.569, -84.939; 22 July 2022; B. Woo leg. ( TAMUIC) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀, Martin County: Jonathan Dickinson SP; 27.011, -80.125; 12 June 2022; B. Woo leg. ( TAMUIC) GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, Pasco County: Withlacoochee State Forest Richloam tract; 10 April 1980; CL Smith leg. ( UGCA) • USA, Georgia • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Clarke County: Sycamore Dr., border Oconee River ; 10 September 2002; JB Torres and C. Torres leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♂, Clarke County: Whitehall Forest ; 12 April 1972; R. Turnbow leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♀, Clarke County: Athens ; 2 May 1971; R and J Matthews leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♂, same locality as previous; 02 November 1997; W.B. Sikora leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♀, Clarke County: Horseshoe Bend ; 07 September 1976; R. Turnbow leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♂, Clarke County: Barnett Shoals power plant vicinity; 01 May 1984; R. Morris leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♀, Clarke County: Georgia State Botanical Gardens, along bank of Oconee River ; 15 September 2005; JA Robertson leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 4 nymphs, Clinch County: 15 October 1966; RJ Beshear leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♂, 3 ♀, Crawford County: Roberta ; 04 May 1939; PW Fattig leg. ( UGCA) • 1 ♀, Ware County: 17 April 1985; RJ Beshearr leg. ( UGCA) • USA, Louisiana • 2 ♂, 1 ♀ , St. Martin Parish: Atchafalaya River at Route 1–10; 08 June 1975; CL Smith and R. Turnbow leg. ( UGCA) • USA, Ohio • 5 ♂, Ross County: Rt 50 at Scioto River ; 21 April 1988; RA Androw leg. ( CMNH) • USA, Pennsylvania • 1 nymph, Allegheny County: 17 May 1906 ( CMNH) • 1 ♀, Beaver County: Raccoon Creek Park; 31 May 1969; RW Surdick leg. ( CMNH) • 1 ♀, Hills Station ; 30 August 1905 ( CMNH) • 1 ♂, Washington County : 31 May 1953; RW Surdick leg. ( CMNH) • USA, West Virginia • 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 nymphs, Clay County: Clay ; 06–12 September 1938; GE Wallace leg. ( CMNH) • 1 ♀, Putnam County: 3.2kSSW Buffalo : 38.590, -81.994, 173m; 17 September 2013; D. Pickens leg. ( CMNH) GoogleMaps