Melanoplus sanguinipes
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Genus: | Melanoplus |
Species: | M. sanguinipes
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Binomial name | |
Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798)
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Melanoplus sanguinipes, known generally as migratory grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the lesser migratory grasshopper and red-legged grasshopper.[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Caribbean and North America.[1][5]
Subspecies
These four subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus sanguinipes:
- Melanoplus sanguinipes atlanis (Riley, 1875) i c g
- Melanoplus sanguinipes defectus Scudder, 1897 i c g
- Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798) i c g
- Melanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus Gurney and Brooks, 1959 i g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Melanoplus sanguinipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Melanoplus sanguinipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Melanoplus sanguinipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Melanoplus sanguinipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-01.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
- Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Knowles, L.Lacey; Otte, D. (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 421–431. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0421:PAOMGF]2.0.CO;2.
- Lockwood, Jeffrey A. (2004). Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465041671.
External links
Media related to Melanoplus sanguinipes at Wikimedia Commons
- Bugguide.net. Species Melanoplus sanguinipes - Migratory Grasshopper
- USDA factsheet. Migratory Grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius)