Species Melanoplus borealis - Northern Spur-throat Grasshopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Internet References

Melanoplus borealis? - Melanoplus borealis - male

Northern Spur-throat Grasshopper male in Fundy National Park - Melanoplus borealis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)

Tribe Melanoplini

Genus Melanoplus

Species borealis (Northern Spur-throat Grasshopper)

Other Common Names

Northern Grasshopper

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853)

Explanation of Names

Borealis=Latin for "northern"

Identification

Tip of male abdomen

Internet References

OSF

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 31 January, 2006 - 1:27pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, David Ferguson, metrioptera, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 12 October, 2022 - 11:30am

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