Melanoplus complanatipes Scudder, 1897 is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melanoplus complanatipes Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus complanatipes Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus complanatipes, the western sagebrush grasshopper, is a spur-throated grasshopper found in North and Central America.

Family
Genus
Melanoplus
Order
Orthoptera
Class
Insecta

About Melanoplus complanatipes Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus complanatipes was first formally described by Scudder in 1897. Commonly called the western sagebrush grasshopper, this species is a member of the spur-throated grasshopper group, which belongs to the family Acrididae. It can be found in North America and Central America.

Photo: (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Melanoplus

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