Melanoplus mexicanus
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| Melanoplus mexicanus | |
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| Taxonomic classification | |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Melanoplinae |
| Tribe: | Melanoplini |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Scientific name | |
| Melanoplus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861) | |
| Geography | |
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Melanoplus mexicanus is a spur-throated grasshopper species that some authors consider distinct from M. sanguinipes.
Taxonomy
Identification
| Phase | Stage | Color | Body length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregarious | nymph | ||
| Gregarious | immature adult | ||
| Gregarious | mature adult | ||
| Solitarious | nymph | ||
| Solitarious | adult |
Identification resources
Distribution
Biology and ecology
Ecology at a glanceMelanoplus mexicanus
Habitat
Herbicole
Activity
Diurnal
Sound
Silent
| Phase | Developmental time |
|---|---|
| Eggs | |
| Hopper | |
| Adult | |
| Laying-fledging | |
| Adult maturation | |
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Habitat and ecology
Land-use change
Pest status
Recent outbreaks
Outbreak media coverage
Associated organizations
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Resources
Specimen contributors for this species
Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.
Collected by
People who collected specimens of this species in the field.
- Herbert Holdsworth Ross — 19 specimens collected
- Orlando Park — 10 specimens collected
- Abbott William Nason — 8 specimens collected
- Carl Otto Mohr — 6 specimens collected
- Theodore Henry Frison — 5 specimens collected
- Kenneth Auden — 3 specimens collected
- Dwight Moore DeLong — 2 specimens collected
- Charles Hart — 2 specimens collected
- Shigetsura Shiga — 1 specimen collected
- Michael Irwin — 1 specimen collected
References