Black-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis melanoptera)

Trimerotropis melanoptera
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Trimerotropini
Genus:	Trimerotropis
Scientific name
Trimerotropis melanoptera McNeill, 1901
Geography
Native countries:
United States
Traits
Diet:	Grasses and sedges, Forbs

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Identification

Life cycle parameters

Phase	Stage	Color	Body length
Gregarious	nymph
Gregarious	immature adult
Gregarious	mature adult
Solitarious	nymph
Solitarious	adult

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993		View URL

Biology and ecology

Life cycle parameters

Phase	Developmental time
Eggs
Hopper
Adult
Laying-fledging
Adult maturation
Total

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993		View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

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Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Andrew Cannizzaro — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 9 specimens identified
• Andrew Cannizzaro — 1 specimen identified