Wrinkled grasshopper (Hippiscus ocelote)

Hippiscus ocelote
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Hippiscini
Genus:	Hippiscus
Scientific name
Hippiscus ocelote (Saussure, 1861)
Geography
Native countries:
Mexico United States

The Wrinkled grasshopper (Hippiscus ocelote) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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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.

• Herbert Holdsworth Ross — 5 specimens collected
• Carl Otto Mohr — 5 specimens collected
• Stephen Shepherd — 2 specimens collected

• Theodore Henry Frison — 1 specimen collected
• Ted MacRae — 1 specimen collected
• Susan Dozzler — 1 specimen collected
• Brandon Corder — 1 specimen collected
• Mark Rosenstein — 1 specimen collected
• Jacob Cooper — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Tyler Grant — 13 specimens identified
• Stephen Shepherd — 1 specimen identified
• 태우 김 — 1 specimen identified

• Ted MacRae — 1 specimen identified
• Susan Dozzler — 1 specimen identified
• Mark Rosenstein — 1 specimen identified
• Jacob Cooper — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BugGuideCABCatalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistIRMNGITIS TSNMontana Field GuideNatureServe ExplorerOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)Xeno-canto