Saussure's blue-winged grasshopper (Leprus intermedius)

Leprus intermedius
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Hippiscini
Genus:	Leprus
Scientific name
Leprus intermedius Saussure, 1884
Synonyms:	Leprus cyaneus
Geography
Native countries:
United States

The Saussure's blue-winged grasshopper (Leprus intermedius) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers	University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay	2023		View URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona	University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies	1942		View URL

Biology and ecology

Ecology at a glanceLeprus intermedius

Habitat

Geophilous

Flight

Strong flier

Associated organizations

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Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
UofA School & Home Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Newsletter Newsletter Grasshoppers	University of Arizona,Dawn H. Gouge, Tom J. Getts, Tim W. Stock, John F. Connett and Micah Gay	2023		View URL
Grasshoppers (Acrididae) of Colorado	Colorado State University,John Capinera,TS Sechrist	1982
The grasshoppers and other orthoptera of Arizona	University of Arizona,E. Ball, E. R. Tinkham, Robert Flock and C. T. Vorhies	1942		View URL

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.

• Casey Richart — 1 specimen collected
• John Powers — 1 specimen collected
• Graham Montgomery — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Tyler Grant — 23 specimens identified
• John Powers — 1 specimen identified
• Graham Montgomery — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Biota Information System of New MexicoBugGuideCatalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)