Seaside grasshopper (Trimerotropis maritima)

Trimerotropis maritima
Other common names
Seaside locust
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Trimerotropini
Genus:	Trimerotropis
Scientific name
Trimerotropis maritima (Harris, 1841)
Geography
Native countries:
Mexico Canada United States
Traits
Diet:	Grasses and sedges, Forbs

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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.

• Selim Peabody — 9 specimens collected
• Charles Hart — 3 specimens collected
• Mark Rosenstein — 3 specimens collected

• Abbott William Nason — 2 specimens collected
• Shigetsura Shiga — 2 specimens collected
• Christian Grove — 2 specimens collected
• Theodore Henry Frison — 1 specimen collected
• David Tan — 1 specimen collected
• Tammo Reichgelt — 1 specimen collected
• Yianni Patrikios Laskaris — 1 specimen collected
• Vijay Barve — 1 specimen collected
• William Kuhn — 1 specimen collected
• Samuel Safran — 1 specimen collected
• Michael PIRRELLO — 1 specimen collected
• Austin Fife — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Tyler Grant — 6 specimens identified
• Mark Rosenstein — 2 specimens identified
• David Tan — 1 specimen identified

• Tammo Reichgelt — 1 specimen identified
• Christian Grove — 1 specimen identified
• Yianni Patrikios Laskaris — 1 specimen identified
• William Kuhn — 1 specimen identified
• Michael PIRRELLO — 1 specimen identified