Melanoplus sanguinipes subsp. sanguinipes (Fabricius 1798)
- Dataset
- Orthoptera of Northeast Asia and Northwest America
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Acrididae
- genus
- Melanoplus
discussion
Remarks. This species ranges throughout Canada and United States and divided into three subspecies (Cigliano et al., 2022). The nominotypical subspecies has been recorded from Alaska, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. Habitats are variable; it inhabits grassy fields, pastures, roadsides, arid lands, open areas in forests, and northern tundra (Vickery & Kevan, 1983).