The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app

The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app
Author:	USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Science & Technology-Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA, University of Nebraska, Chadron State College
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Source link:	View
Category:	Guide
Species purview
Green fool grasshopper (Acrolophitus hirtipes), Turnbull’s grasshopper (Aeoloplides turnbulli), Club-horned grasshopper (Aeropedellus clavatus), White-whiskered grasshopper (Ageneotettix deorum), Speckled rangeland grasshopper (Arphia conspersa), Big-headed grasshopper (Aulocara elliotti), Clear-winged grasshopper (Camnula pellucida), Marsh meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus curtipennis), Northern green-striped grasshopper (Chortophaga viridifasciata), Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina), Velvet-striped grasshopper (Eritettix simplex), Meadow purple-striped grasshopper (Hesperotettix viridis), Dawson's spur-throat grasshopper (Melanoplus dawsoni), Devastating grasshopper (Melanoplus devastator), Differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis), Red-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum), Little spur-throated grasshopper (Melanoplus infantilis), Kennicott's spur-throat grasshopper (Melanoplus kennicottii), Occidental grasshopper (Melanoplus occidentalis), Packard grasshopper (Melanoplus packardii), Migratory grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes), Blue-legged grasshopper (Metator pardalinus), Valley grasshopper (Oedaleonotus enigma), Obscure grasshopper (Opeia obscura), Spotted-wing grasshopper (Orphulella pelidna), Four-spotted grasshopper (Phlibostroma quadrimaculatum), Large-headed grasshopper (Phoetaliotes nebrascensis), Bunch-grass grasshopper (Pseudopomala brachyptera), Brown-spotted range grasshopper (Psoloessa delicatula), Bird grasshopper (Schistocerca pallens), Gray bird grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens), Mischievous bird grasshopper (Schistocerca damnifica), Kiowa grasshopper (Trachyrhachys kiowa), Red-shanked grasshopper (Xanthippus corallipes), Striped grasshopper (Amphitornus coloradus), Red-winged grasshopper (Arphia pseudo-nietana), White cross grasshopper (Aulocara femoratum), Ebony grasshopper (Boopedon nubilum), Plains lubber grasshopper (Brachystola magna), Acrida gigantea, Bruner slantfaced grasshopper (Bruneria brunnea), Crenulated winged grasshopper (Cordillacris crenulata), Western spotted-winged grasshopper (Cordillacris occipitalis), Hayden's grasshopper (Derotmema haydenii), High plains grasshopper (Dissosteira longipennis), Dusky grasshopper (Encoptolophus costalis), Threebanded grasshopper (Hadrotettix trifasciatus), Spathosternum prasiniferum, Cudweed grasshopper (Hypochlora alba), Narrow-winged sand grasshopper (Melanoplus angustipennis), Northern grasshopper (Melanoplus borealis), Sagebrush grasshopper (Melanoplus bowditchi), Bruner spur-throated grasshopper (Melanoplus bruneri), Pasture grasshopper (Melanoplus confusus), Striped sand grasshopper (Melanoplus foedus), Gladston grasshopper (Melanoplus gladstoni), Keeler grasshopper (Melanoplus keeleri), Lakin grasshopper (Melanoplus lakinus), Nevada sage grasshopper (Melanoplus rugglesi), Two-striped mermiria grasshopper (Mermiria bivittata), Pasture grasshopper (Orphulella speciosa), Mottled sand grasshopper (Spharagemon collare), Say's grasshopper (Spharagemon equale), Pallid-winged grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis), Graceful range grasshopper (Boopedon gracile), Fuzzy olive-green grasshopper (Campylacantha olivacea), Pictured grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor), Rufous grasshopper (Heliaula rufa), Showy grasshopper (Hesperotettix speciosus), Wrinkled grasshopper (Hippiscus ocelote), Two-spined spurthroated grasshopper (Melanoplus bispinosus), Blue-legged grasshopper (Melanoplus flavidus), Wyoming toothpick grasshopper (Paropomala wyomingensis), Texas spotted range grasshopper (Psoloessa texana), Handsome grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis), Toothed dune grasshopper (Trimerotropis agrestis), Alkali grasshopper (Trimerotropis salina), Montana band-winged grasshopper (Xanthippus montanus), Coral-winged grasshopper (Pardalophora apiculata), Two-striped grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus), Red-winged grasshopper (Arphia pseudonietana), Finned grasshopper (Trachyrhachys aspera), American grasshopper (Schistocerca americana), Spotted bird grasshopper (Schistocerca lineata), Obscure bird grasshopper (Schistocerca obscura)
Geographic purview
United States of America

Source author(s)

USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Science & Technology-Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station), United States Department of Agriculture, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology of the USDA, University of Nebraska, Chadron State College

Resource description

The Grasshoppers of the Western U.S. Lucid mobile app offers keys to identify both adult and pre-adult stages of many of the most commonly encountered grasshoppers in the western U.S. The adult key facilitates the identification of 76 species of adult grasshoppers. All species included are in the family Acrididae with the exception of one, Brachystola magna, which is in the family Romaleidae.

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