Bradynotes
| Bradynotes | |
|---|---|
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| Bradynotes obesa | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Podisminae |
| Genus: | BradynotesScudder, 1870 |
Bradynotes is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is at least one described species in Bradynotes, B. obesa, also known as the "slow mountain grasshopper" and "mountain lubber grasshopper". It is found in North America, in the western United States and northwestern Mexico.[1][2][3][4][5]
There are six subspecies of Bradynotes obesa:[5]
- Bradynotes obesa caurusScudder, 1897
- Bradynotes obesa deplanataHebard, 1919
- Bradynotes obesa kaibabHebard, 1919
- Bradynotes obesa obesa(Thomas, 1872)
- Bradynotes obesa opimaScudder, 1880
- Bradynotes obesa refertaScudder, 1897
References
- ^"Bradynotes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^"Browse Bradynotes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^"Bradynotes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^"Bradynotes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ abOtte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
- Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Knowles, L.Lacey; Otte, D. (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 421–431. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0421:PAOMGF]2.0.CO;2.
External links
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