Melanoplus sanguinipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Melanoplinae |
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]
These four subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus sanguinipes:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]
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