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

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Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• 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

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

• 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