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Overview
Distribution
National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Physical Description
Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 3220
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology
Sex/Stage: Male;
Preparation: Riker Mount
Collector(s): Dyar & Caudell
Year Collected: 1901
Locality: Palisades; Cal, California, United States
- Lectotype: 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1333): 799, Pl. 55 Fig. 1.
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Ecology
Habitat
Comments: Upland as well as lowland pastures, meadows, roadsides, low ground, cultivated fields as well as old fields, margins of woods and open woodlands.
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Migration
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Melanoplus femurrubrum
There are 3 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Melanoplus femurrubrum
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 25
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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Wikipedia
Melanoplus femurrubrum
The Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum) is a species of grasshopper belonging to the genus Melanoplus. It is found in Mexico, United States, and Canada.[1]
Description
This grasshopper has a reddish-brown back, a greeny-yellow belly, and red hind legs, hence its binomial name femurrubrum (femur = thigh, rubrum = red). They are approximately 2.5 cm long (1 inch).
References
- ^ Red-legged Grasshopper, USDA
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