Handsome trig (Phyllopalpus pulchellus)

Phyllopalpus pulchellus
Other common names
Red-headed bush cricket, handsome bush cricket
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Ensifera
Family:	Trigonidiidae
Subfamily:	Trigonidiinae
Tribe:	Phylloscyrtini
Genus:	Phyllopalpus
Scientific name
Phyllopalpus pulchellus Uhler, 1864
Geography
Native countries:
Canada United States
Sound
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The Handsome trig (Phyllopalpus pulchellus) is a species of cricket or katydid in the subfamily Trigonidiinae (trigs).

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glancePhyllopalpus pulchellus

Habitat

Geophilous

Activity

Nocturnal

Sound

Stridulation

Flight

Strong flier

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Songs of Insects	Lang Elliott and Will Hershberger			View URL
Singing Insects of North America				View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• William Kuhn — 19 specimens collected
• Katja Schulz — 14 specimens collected
• Zachary Dankowicz — 12 specimens collected

• Stephen Shepherd — 10 specimens collected
• Martin Kalfatovic — 10 specimens collected
• Michael J. W. Carr — 10 specimens collected
• Senna Robeson — 8 specimens collected
• Alexis Amico — 5 specimens collected
• Megan Carlton — 4 specimens collected
• Clarence Holmes — 4 specimens collected
• Mark Rosenstein — 4 specimens collected
• John Friel — 3 specimens collected
• Andrew Deans — 3 specimens collected
• Oliver Keller — 2 specimens collected
• Derek Hennen — 2 specimens collected
• David Tan — 2 specimens collected
• Carrie Seltzer — 2 specimens collected
• Steven Taylor — 2 specimens collected
• Christopher Thawley — 2 specimens collected
• Michael PIRRELLO — 2 specimens collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Katja Schulz — 25 specimens identified
• William Kuhn — 21 specimens identified
• Tyler Grant — 20 specimens identified

• Stephen Shepherd — 11 specimens identified
• Zachary Dankowicz — 10 specimens identified
• Martin Kalfatovic — 10 specimens identified
• Michael J. W. Carr — 10 specimens identified
• Senna Robeson — 8 specimens identified
• Clarence Holmes — 6 specimens identified
• John Friel — 5 specimens identified
• Alexis Amico — 5 specimens identified
• Megan Carlton — 4 specimens identified
• Andrew Deans — 3 specimens identified
• Mark Rosenstein — 3 specimens identified
• Oliver Keller — 2 specimens identified
• Derek Hennen — 2 specimens identified
• Joseph Felts — 2 specimens identified
• Patrick Coin — 2 specimens identified
• Carrie Seltzer — 2 specimens identified
• Steven Taylor — 2 specimens identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BugGuideCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)UMLS CUI