Clipped-winged grasshopper (Metaleptea brevicornis)

Metaleptea brevicornis
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Acridinae
Tribe:	Hyalopterygini
Genus:	Metaleptea
Scientific name
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson, 1763)
Geography
Native countries:
Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua United States

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Specimen contributors for this species

Natural history collections are built by people. The specimens that document this species were collected in the field, preserved in collections, and identified by generations of researchers and naturalists. Bionomia helps make these often-overlooked contributions visible by linking specimen records to the people behind them.

The contributors shown here are drawn from specimen records made available through GBIF and attributed to individuals by Bionomia. Each list shows up to the 20 people with the most specimens for this species, ranked from most to fewest.

Collected by

These people collected specimens of this species in the field, helping build the physical record of where and when it has occurred.

• Charles Hart — 10 specimens collected
• Shigetsura Shiga — 7 specimens collected
• Theodore Henry Frison — 6 specimens collected

• Stephen Shepherd — 4 specimens collected
• Sacha Heath — 3 specimens collected
• Alexis Amico — 2 specimens collected
• Katja Schulz — 1 specimen collected
• Kent McFarland — 1 specimen collected
• Zachary Dankowicz — 1 specimen collected
• Blake Bringhurst — 1 specimen collected
• William Kuhn — 1 specimen collected
• Graham Montgomery — 1 specimen collected
• John Abrams — 1 specimen collected
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

These people examined specimens and determined their taxonomic identity—an essential step in turning a collected specimen into a useful biodiversity record.

• Stephen Shepherd — 4 specimens identified
• Sacha Heath — 3 specimens identified
• John Friel — 1 specimen identified

• Katja Schulz — 1 specimen identified
• Blake Bringhurst — 1 specimen identified
• William Kuhn — 1 specimen identified
• Alexis Amico — 1 specimen identified
• Graham Montgomery — 1 specimen identified
• John Abrams — 1 specimen identified

Bionomia has no page for individual species, but the family-level view lists everyone credited across the whole group: See all Acrididae specimen contributors on Bionomia.