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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Band-winged Grasshoppers (Oedipodinae) » Trimerotropis

Genus Trimerotropis

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Seaside Grasshopper-erythristic morph? - Trimerotropis maritima - female Trimerotropis cyaneipennis - male Hopper - Trimerotropis cyaneipennis Which grasshopper? - Trimerotropis pallidipennis Road duster?? - Trimerotropis verruculata Trimerotropis salina - female Trimerotropis pallidipennis - female Trimerotropis fratercula - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Oedipodinae (Band-winged Grasshoppers)
Genus Trimerotropis
Numbers
Nomina Insecta Neartica lists 43 North American species.
Identification
The pronotal ridge is usually faint or entirely absent on the posterior half of the pronotum. The front wings have dark markings. (1)
Range
Most of the species are western, a few southern, and only 4 occur in the northeastern U.S.
Print References
"American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico" (1), p. 173
"Grasshoppers of Florida" (2), pp. 74-75
Internet References
Try the "Grasshoppers of Florida" key/pdf file (3) for identification of southeastern species.
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.Grasshoppers of Florida (Invertebrates of Florida)
By John L. Capinera, Clay W. Scherer, Jason M. Squiter, Jason M. Squitier
3.Grasshoppers of Florida
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 18 July, 2004 - 11:38pm
Last updated 4 July, 2005 - 1:16pm

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