Lodovico Salvi https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_HsEz9uP2IzwC/page/n5/mode/2up Lodovico (Ludovico) Salvi, was an Italian philosopher and theologian, who included illustrations of a male tree cricket, a female tree cricket, and a stem with oviposition holes, in his article published over 270 years ago (Salvi 1750). In Voices of a Summer Night (Lioy 1866), Salvi was recognized as being the first person to publish an article about a tree cricket. His 1750 article was published 13 years before the first tree cricket was officially described (Oecanthus pellucens Scopoli, 1763).  (Oecanthus) pellucens (Scopoli, 1763) 1763 species group niveus (De Geer, 1773) 1773 (Oecanthus) niveus (De Geer, 1773) 1773 (Oecanthus) bipunctata (De Geer, 1773) 1773 superfamily Grylloidea Laicharting, 1781 1781 family Gryllidae Laicharting, 1781 1781 genus Oecanthus Serville, 1831 1831 Oecanthus rufescens Serville, 1838 1838 subfamily Oecanthinae Blanchard, 1845 1845 Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869 1869 species group varicornis Walker, 1869 1869 Oecanthus peruvianus Walker, 1869 1869 Oecanthus sinensis Walker, 1869 1869 Oecanthus tenuis Walker, 1869 1869 (Neoxabea) formosa (Walker, 1869) 1869 genus Xabea Walker, 1869 1869 Xabea decora Walker, 1869 1869 Xabea filiger Walker, 1871 1871 Oecanthus argentinus Saussure, 1874 1874 Oecanthus californicus Saussure, 1874 1874 Oecanthus burmeisteri Saussure, 1877 1877 Oecanthus brevicauda Saussure, 1878 1878 Oecanthus capensis Saussure, 1878 1878 Oecanthus indicus Saussure, 1878 1878 Oecanthus minutus Saussure, 1878 1878 Oecanthus latipennis Riley, 1881 1881 Oecanthus lineolatus Saussure, 1897 1892 Oecanthus comptulus Karsch, 1893 1893 Oecanthus macer Karsch, 1893 1893 Oecanthus pini Beutenmüller, 1894 1894 Oecanthus quadripunctatus Beutenmüller, 1894 1894 genus Prognathogryllus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 1895 Prognathogryllus forficularis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) 1895 Prognathogryllus alatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 1895 Oecanthus varicornis Walker, 1869 1896 genus Leptogryllus Perkins, 1899 1899 Leptogryllus apicalis Perkins, 1899 1899 Leptogryllus deceptor Perkins, 1899 1899 Leptogryllus elongatus Perkins, 1899 1899 Leptogryllus fusconotatus Perkins, 1899 1899 Leptogryllus kauaiensis Perkins, 1899 1899 Leptogryllus nigrolineatus (Perkins, … Continue reading History