Valanga excavata (Stal)

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Orthoptera And Related Orders Orthoptera And Related Orders Of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 3-8 : 4

4. Valanga excavata (Stal) .

. Acridium ezcavatum Stal; Freg. Eugenies Resa, Orthoptera, 326, 1861.

Valanga ezcavata, Uvarov, Ann; Mag. Nat. Hist. IX, 12: 356, 1923.

Agana, May 4, Swezey ; Paasan, June 15, on banyan, Swezey ; Talofofo, Juqe 17, Swezey ; Merizo, June 25, on cotton, Swezey ; near Atao beach, June 25, Usinger ; Inarajan, July 25, on Thespesia populnea , Swezey ; Barrigada, Aug. 28, on corn, Swezey ; Orote Peninsula, Sept. 29, on Pipturus , Swezey ; Piti , Oct. 12, on Ipomoea and Glochidion, Swezey ; Fullaway (1288). The species was determined by F. X. Williams.

This large grasshopper, described from a single male from Guam, has not been recorded elsewhere. It was rather common in 1936, often occurring on trees or bushes, rather than on grass.