Species Melanoplus rotundipennis - Round-winged Grasshopper

Classification · Other Common Names

Grasshopper - Melanoplus rotundipennis - female

Grasshopper in controlled burn area - Melanoplus rotundipennis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)

Genus Melanoplus

Species rotundipennis (Round-winged Grasshopper)

Other Common Names

Round-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 29 July, 2008 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 6 June, 2009 - 2:11pm

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