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| Group species: | Ovatus. |
| Song: | Pulse trains 70±20 ms in length are repeated at a rate of 9.08±1.23 s-1. Mean peak frequency is 13.83±4.79 kHz, with peak frequencies as high as 26.19 kHz. Echemes group 3±1 (range 1–6) pulse trains. Echemes are separated by silent intervals that last 1–5 (mean 2.48±0.91) s. |
| Identification: |
Coloration
abdomen A. tinkhamorum, abdomen has a longitudinal red-brown strip. A. gurneyi, wood-brown abdomen. tegmina A. tinkhamorum, white. A. gurneyi, wood-brown. Body ground color in life A. tinkhamorum, rich green against which contrasts a yellow pronotal disk. Pronotal disk has a pair of central black spots and lacks black longitudinal streaking and never has any broad white longitudinal stripes. A. ovatus, pronotum has broad longitudinal white stripes and fine brown stripes on the disk. Morphology Male supra-anal plate A. tinkhamorum, plate is as long as wide. A. armiger, plate is longer than wide. Male paraproct processes A. tinkhamorum, subapical, ventrally directed tooth. A. segnis and A. strobilion, apical tooth. See Key to Aglaothorax species. |
| Range: | Southern California mountain ranges bordering the Colorado Desert including the Santa Rosa and Little San Bernardino Mountains. |
| Habitat: | Pinyon-juniper and yucca woodland. Found on parry pinyon (Pinus quadrifolia), Joshua tree and Ceanothus sp. |
| Season: | Late spring into fall. |
| References: |
Cole et al. 2025
Cole et al. 2025 (Ovatus Group) pp. 16-38 Cole et al. 2025 (species pages) pp. 17 and 25-28 |
| Nomenclature: | OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online). |
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