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Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798)

Migratory Grasshopper
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).;Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798): male genitalia. (Otu).

Nomenclature (83)

  • Gryllus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798: 195.
  • Caloptenus [sic] arcticus Walker, 1870: 681.

    Holotype; female; a572ba3f-8b53-4c3e-a777-1a50515e26ed; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Arctic America

  • Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798) in Storozhenko, 2023: 570.
  • Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 145, 148.

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subspecies101112