Melanoplus sanguinipes
Species of grasshopper
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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 (which is also the common name of a separate species).[1][2][3][4] It is found in the Caribbean and North America.[1][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Species: | M. sanguinipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798) | |
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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,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
