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McDonald Observatory wood cricket

Gryllus planeta

distribution map for Gryllus planeta
Distribution Map for Gryllus planeta
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The black dot red target dot on the distribution map represents Jeff Davis County, Texas.

distribution map from Weissman and Gray 2019 for Gryllus planeta
Localities for Gryllus planeta
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The above map is from Weissman and Gray (2019) and shows the localities for Gryllus planeta as given in their publication. Those localities are listed below by state and county.

State: Texas
County: Davis Mountains., Mount Locke, McDonald Observatory, in oak woodland at base of Otto Struve Telescope. Open mowed field 1.1 road miles below Telescope. Rocky road cut 2.7 road miles below Telescope.

Summary of Species' SINA Distribution*

Gryllus planeta is known only from the Davis Mountains (west Texas), around the McDonald Observatory.

*North America, north of Mexico.

List of United States Regions, States, and Counties

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Southwest Region

State: Texas
Counties: Jeff Davis.

Notes

References:

Weissman and Gray 2019, pp 149-150, 152
Original dot map (2020)

The distribution map on this page is referred to as the 2024 distribution map.

All records are from Weissman and Gray (2019). [tmy 16 August 2025]