Prairie boopie (Boopedon gracile)
Appearance
| Boopedon gracile | |
|---|---|
| Other common names | |
| Graceful range grasshopper | |
| Taxonomic classification | |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Tribe: | Amblytropidiini |
| Genus: | Boopedon |
| Scientific name | |
| Boopedon gracile Rehn, 1904 | |
| Geography | |
| Native countries: | |
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Taxonomy
For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File
Identification
Identification resources
| Title | Author(s) | Year | Geographic purview | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasshoppers of the Choctaw Nation in Southeast Oklahoma | Alex J. Harman, W. Wyatt Hoback and Tom A. Royer | 2021 | View URL | |
| Differentiation, ecology, and distribution of immature slant-faced grasshoppers (Acridinae) in Kansas | Kansas State University,Merlyn A. Brusven | 1967 | View URL | |
| Grasshoppers of the Western United States | United States Department of Agriculture | View URL | ||
| The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app | APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture and Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA | 2016 |
Distribution
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Habitat and ecology
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Resources
| Title | Author(s) | Year | Geographic purview | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasshoppers of the Choctaw Nation in Southeast Oklahoma | Alex J. Harman, W. Wyatt Hoback and Tom A. Royer | 2021 | View URL | |
| Differentiation, ecology, and distribution of immature slant-faced grasshoppers (Acridinae) in Kansas | Kansas State University,Merlyn A. Brusven | 1967 | View URL | |
| Grasshoppers of the Western United States | United States Department of Agriculture | View URL | ||
| The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app | APHIS PPQ Science & Technology Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture and Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA | 2016 |
Specimen contributors for this species
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Identified by
People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.
- Tyler Grant — 2 specimens identified

