Species Xanthippus corallipes - Red-shanked Grasshopper

Classification · See Also

grasshopper - Cratypedes? - Xanthippus corallipes - female

Caelifera 01 - Xanthippus corallipes - male

Xanthippus corallipes leprosus - Xanthippus corallipes - female

Xanthippus corallipes ssp. corallipes - Xanthippus corallipes - male - female

Grasshopper ID? - Xanthippus corallipes - male

Red-shanked - Xanthippus corallipes - female

Orthoptera 6.19.09 03a - Xanthippus corallipes - 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)

Tribe Hippiscini

Genus Xanthippus

Species corallipes (Red-shanked Grasshopper)

See Also

According to David J. Ferguson's comment here, The main distinction is that Xanthippus usually has the crest of the pronotum notched twice, and Pardalophora once.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 23 January, 2007 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, David Ferguson
Last updated 6 June, 2009 - 7:18pm

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