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Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841)

Sprinkled Broad-Winged Grasshopper
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): male (Spotted Tail Road, about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 3 July 2020). (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): male (Spotted Tail Road, about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 3 July 2020). (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): nymph (Monroe Canyon, about 5 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska, 21 June 2020). (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): female, long-winged morph (Gudmundsen Ranch, near Whitman, Nebraska, 18 July 2020). (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): nymph (Monroe Canyon, about 5 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska, 21 June 2020). (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): male (Spotted Tail Road, about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 3 July 2020). (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): male. (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): female. (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): Fig. 33. fastigium, dorsal view. (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): Pl. III, Fig. 13. male habitus. (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): Pl. III, Fig. 14a. male, dorsal view of head and pronotum. (Otu).
Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841): Pl. III, Fig. 14b. male, sternum. (Otu).

Nomenclature (39)

  • Locusta (Chloealtis) conspersa Harris, 1841: 149.

    Neotype; male; 4a096117-c233-4ab5-98f4-97801277adb7; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Massachusetts: Middlesex: Sherborn

  • Locusta abortiva Harris, 1841: 149.

    Syntype; 3e684cd5-190c-4fe5-90c9-12539f23df62; United States: Massachusetts

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  • Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 62, Plate 2.
  • Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 145.

Nomenclature references (33)

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