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| Group species: | Ovatus. |
| Song: | Pulse trains 40±10 ms in length repeat at a rate of 9.6±1.0 s-1. Mean peak frequency is 13.98±2.30 kHz, , with peak frequencies as high as 17.54 kHz. Echemes contain 2–5 pulse trains, with 1–3 (mean 1.65±0.60) s silent intervals between echemes. |
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Coloration
Ground color A. khioneos, usually green (may be tan at lower elevations). A. gurneyi, wood brown. A. armiger, usually tan or yellow. Abdomen A. khioneos, longitudinal dorsal red stripe. A. gurneyi, no dorsal abdominal stripe. A. armiger, dorsal reddish stripe. Pronotum A. khioneos, pronotum without white stripes. A. ovatus, pronotum has broad longitudinal white stripes. Pronotal disk A. khioneos, black streaks present on the center of the pronotal disk. A. armiger, black streaks on pronotal disk limited to the periphery of the disk. Morphology Male paraproct processes A. khioneos, subapical ventrally directed tooth. A. segnis and A. strobilion, apical mesally directed tooth. Male pronotum A. khioneos, not heavily rugose. A. giganteus and A. tinkhamorum, heavily rugose. See Key to Aglaothorax species. |
| Range: | White Mountains of California at high elevations. |
| Habitat: | Pinyon-juniper woodland, arboreal on Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) and pinyon pine. |
| Season: | Summer into fall. |
| Name derivation: | Greek: "khioneos" = snowy white. Descriptive of the White Mountains type locality. |
| References: |
Cole et al. 2025
Cole et al. 2025 (Ovatus Group) pp. 16-38 Cole et al. 2025 (species pages) pp. 17 and 34-36 |
| Nomenclature: | OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online). |
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