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Arthropods
Red-legged Grasshopper
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Authorship: (De Geer)
Records
It was the most frequently collected species (n = 1,146) in the 2014-2015 grasshopper survey by S.E. Baqla (UTEP); a new record for IMRS.
Sources
[Baqla (UTEP)]
Taxonomic Classification
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderOrthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids)
FamilyACRIDIDAE (Short-horned Grasshopper Family)
SubfamilyMELANOPLINAE (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
GenusMelanoplus
Speciesfemurrubrum
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