Olive-green swamp grasshopper (Paroxya clavuliger)

Paroxya clavuliger
Other common names
Salt marsh grasshopper, olive-green swamp locust
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini
Genus:	Paroxya
Scientific name
Paroxya clavuliger (Serville, 1838)
Synonyms:	Paroxya recta
Geography
Native countries:
United States

The Olive-green swamp grasshopper (Paroxya clavuliger) is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceParoxya clavuliger

Habitat

Herbicole Riparian-dwelling

Activity

Diurnal

Sound

Silent

Associated organizations

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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.

• Michael J. W. Carr — 3 specimens collected
• Mark Rosenstein — 3 specimens collected
• Stephen Shepherd — 2 specimens collected

• Katherine Parys — 1 specimen collected
• Jacob Gorneau — 1 specimen collected
• Shannon Buttimer — 1 specimen collected
• John Wilson — 1 specimen collected
• Sven Gippner — 1 specimen collected
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Michael J. W. Carr — 3 specimens identified
• Stephen Shepherd — 2 specimens identified
• Shannon Buttimer — 1 specimen identified

• John Wilson — 1 specimen identified
• Sven Gippner — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsBugGuideCatalogue of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerNCBI taxonomyObservation.orgUMLS CUI