Melanoplus sanguinipes

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Melanoplus sanguinipes
File:Migratory Grasshopper - Melanoplus sanguinipes, Coldstream Cemetery, Coldstream, British Columbia.jpg
Male
File:Melanoplus sanguinipes-female.jpg
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Melanoplus
Species:
M. sanguinipes
Binomial name
Melanoplus sanguinipes
(Fabricius, 1798)

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Melanoplus sanguinipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Melanoplus sanguinipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Melanoplus sanguinipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Melanoplus sanguinipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-01.

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