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Encyclopedia of Life

Celebrate the biodiversity heritage of Mexico and Central America for #HispanicHeritageMonth by exploring "Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta, Orthoptera" v. 1, freely available from our friends at...

Biodiversity Heritage Library: http://s.si.edu/2wpSpDS

A 63-volume work published over the course of 36 years, "Biologia Centrali Americana" is perhaps the most comprehensive account of the flora and fauna of Mexico and Central America ever undertaken. Overseen by Frederick Godman and Osbert Salvin, with contributions from many specialists in different fields, the work consists of 215 parts in zoology, 5 volumes in botany, and 17 parts in archaeology and includes over 1,600 lithographic plates, 900 of which are colored.

The insect order Orthoptera, comprising more than 20,000 species worldwide, includes two suborders, Caelifera (grasshoppers) and Ensifera (katydids). Volume 1 on this order in "Biologia Centrali Americana" was authored by Henri de Saussure, with assistance from Leo Zehntner and A. Pictet. The plates are signed by A.T. Hollick, Zehntner, Lunel, Tschudi, Nicolet, and Mercier.

Learn more about Orthoptera in EOL: http://eol.org/pages/683/overview

"Biologia Centrali-Americana: Insecta, Orthoptera" v. 1 is featured in the Smithsonian Libraries #DazzlingDiversity exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. The digitized copy of the volume in BHL was digitized by #SmithsonianLibraries. Learn more: http://library.si.edu/exhibition/dazzling-diversity

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