Hesperotettix viridis

Hesperotettix viridis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Acrididae
Genus:Hesperotettix
Species: H. viridis
Binomial name
Hesperotettix viridis
(Thomas, 1872)

Hesperotettix viridis, known generally as the snakeweed grasshopper or meadow purple-striped grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2][4]

Subspecies

  • Hesperotettix viridis brevipennis (Thomas, 1874)
  • Hesperotettix viridis nevadensis (short-winged snakeweed grasshopper)
  • Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder, 1897 (purple-striped grasshopper)
  • Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872) (snakeweed grasshopper)

References

  1. ↑ "Hesperotettix viridis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. 1 2 "Hesperotettix viridis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. ↑ "Hesperotettix viridis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. ↑ "Orthoptera Species File Online".

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Capinera J.L; Scott R.D.; Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.


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