''Melanoplus sanguinipes'', known generally as migratory grasshopper, is a species of
spur-throated grasshopper in the family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
. Other common names include the lesser migratory grasshopper and red-legged grasshopper.
[ It is found in the Caribbean and North America.][
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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,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
Bugguide.net. Species ''Melanoplus sanguinipes'' - Migratory Grasshopper
External links
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Melanoplinae
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Insects described in 1798
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