These are some people who have greatly contributed to the study of Oecanthinae.
B. B. Fulton
Bentley B. Fulton (1889-1960)
I consider this article by Fulton as my tree cricket bible: The tree crickets of New York: Life histories and bionomics https://orthsoc.org/sina/s576lf15.pdf
R. D. Alexander
Richard D. Alexander (1929 – 2018 )
Dr. Alexander explored Mexico in the 1960’s, and encountered several unknown species of tree crickets which have yet to be described.
Alexander and Otte thoroughly explored Australian Orthoptera from June 1968 to June 1969, and described four new species of Xabea tree crickets.
D. Otte
Daniel Otte
Otte described 50 new species of tree crickets from Hawaiiand his books of Hawaii and Australian orthopterans provide detailed info on many tree crickets. He is the Founder of The Orthoptera Species File – the most extensive database for orthoptera available online: http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/HomePage/Orthoptera/HomePage.aspx
T. J. Walker
Thomas J. Walker
Dr. Walker is my personal mentor, and a good friend. His guidance and encouragement resulted in all the work I have done on tree crickets, including co-describing nine new species, with two more pending publication.
Walker’s Singing Insects of North America is my go-to site for research. His free-access links to publications are invaluable – particularly his papers for the different species groups found in continental US. His paper focusing on tree crickets south of the US is an excellent resource. https://orthsoc.org/sina/s576lw67.pdf
R. Balakrishnan
Rohini Balakrishnan
Dr. Balakrishnan has published papers involving tree crickets, with a concentration on Indian species and their bioacoustic communication, ecology and behavior. One of her on-going research projects involves predator-prey interactions.
N. Mhatre
Natasha Mhatre
Dr. Mhatre has researched several aspects of tree crickets, including: the making and use of baffles, bioacoustics, and the physiology of tympanal membranes and the male tegmina.
L. B. Symes
Laurel Symes
Dr. Symes’ work on tree cricket focuses on acoustics in studying preferences and evolution. Examples of her papers dealing with tree crickets include female tree cricket preferences to male songs, variations in call traits, and effects of temperature on mate choice.
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R. Toms
Rob Toms
Toms R & Otte D. New genera, species and records of East and southern African tree crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Oecanthinae) | Annals of the Transvaal Museum (journals.co.za) 1988
(No free access)
This is an important paper for identifying many African species of tree crickets.
Two new genera, Viphyus Otte and Oecanthodes Toms & Otte, and ten new species of East and southern African tree crickets are described and illustrated. The new species are: Oecanthus socians Otte, O. galpini Toms & Otte, O. neosimilis Toms & Otte, O. dissimilis Toms & Otte, O. pseudosimilis Otte, O. neofiliger Toms & Otte, O. sycomorus Toms & Otte, Viphyus victorinoxi Otte, V. livingstonei Otte, and Oecanthodes anomala Toms & Otte. Viphyus bifasciatus is a new combination. Oecanthus brevicauda is regarded as a nomen dubium. Song data are provided for all new, and eight known species of Oecanthus and Viphyus.
Other tree cricket papers:
Toms RB. 1984. Directional calls and effects of turning behavior in crickets. J. Entomol. Soc. South. Afr. 47: 309-312. [Oecanthus spp., Xenogryllus sp.]
Toms. 1985. Speciation in tree crickets. Species and Speciation. 109-114
Toms. 1992. Effects of temperature on chirp rates of tree crickets (Orthoptera, Oecanthidae). Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Dierkunde. 27:70-73
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