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Melanoplus sanguinipes  (Fabricius, 1798)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 102218

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): migratory grasshopper [English]
  
    criquet voyageur [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderOrthoptera  – grasshoppers, locusts, criquet-locustes, locustes, sauterelles, gafanhoto, grilo, crickets, katydids  
                                  SuborderCaelifera   
                                     InfraorderAcrididea   
                                        SuperfamilyAcridoidea MacLeay, 1819  
                                           FamilyAcrididae MacLeay, 1819 – grasshoppers, short-horned grasshoppers  
                                              SubfamilyMelanoplinae   
                                                 GenusMelanoplus Stĺl, 1873  
                                                    SpeciesMelanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798) – migratory grasshopper, criquet voyageur  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       SubspeciesMelanoplus sanguinipes atlanis (Riley, 1875)  
                                                       SubspeciesMelanoplus sanguinipes defectus Scudder, 1897  
                                                       SubspeciesMelanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798)  
                                                       SubspeciesMelanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus Gurney and Brooks, 1959  
       

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  Source: Common names of Insects in Canada, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: Entomological Society of Canada / société d'entomologie du Canada   
  Reference for: migratory grasshopper[English], criquet voyageur [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melanoplus sanguinipes   
       
  Source: Stoetzel, M. B., 1989, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: migratory grasshopper[English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Otte, Daniel   
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Orthoptera Species File 4   
  Page(s): 518   
  Publisher: The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia   
  Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9640101-5-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Melanoplus sanguinipes   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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