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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Podismini » Dendrotettix » Carolina Oak Grasshopper (Dendrotettix zimmermanni)
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Unknown Grasshopper - Dendrotettix zimmermanni - male
Copyright © 2004 matthew haynes

Unknown Grasshopper - Dendrotettix zimmermanni - Male
Hanging Rock State Park, Stokes County, North Carolina, USA
July 6, 2004
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Contributed by matthew haynes on 13 December, 2004 - 2:47pm
Last updated 3 October, 2009 - 10:28pm

This appears to be a species of Dendrotettix
Species determined based on location and some points from the original publication of the name.

Moved from Green-legged Grasshopper.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 October, 2009 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

image moved
from genus page to new species page. In this male, the subgenital plate has a small hump or tubercle in the middle of the top edge, visible in the photo as a pale solid half-circle. This characteristic is diagnostic of the species. The combination of solid green forelegs & midlegs and black lateral stripe running the full length of the pronotum is also diagnostic. See info and references in Guide.
Unless someone else has reported these in North Carolina recently, maybe this is a new state record (?).
… Robin McLeod, 24 September, 2005 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Melanoplus viridipes?
I think this looks like a Green-legged Grasshopper (not sure of the common name) shown on this page.
… Robin McLeod, 13 December, 2004 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Probably correct, but....
The only way to conclusively ID a specimen of Melanoplus to species is by running it through a key. Most characters are found on the male genitalia (and even that might change given the current preference for doing genetic work-ups). Can't get that out of this image. I just want to caution folks about assigning species names in cases like this.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 December, 2004 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree, thanks for your help
I agree, thanks for your help with this one.
Matthew R. Haynes
… matthew haynes, 13 December, 2004 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

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