Orchelimum nigripes
| Orchelimum nigripes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Tribe: | Conocephalini |
| Genus: | Orchelimum |
| Species: | O. nigripes |
| Binomial name | |
| Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875 | |
Orchelimum nigripes, known generally as the black-legged meadow katydid or red-legged meadow grasshopper, is a species of meadow katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
- Male stridulating
See also
- Orchelimum pulchellum – a similar species with which O. nigripes hybridizes in the southeastern part of its range and along a portion of the Potomac River, the latter case possibly the product of an introduced population of O. nigripes[5]
References
- ^ "Orchelimum nigripes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Orchelimum nigripes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Orchelimum nigripes species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Shapiro, Leo H. (1998). "Hybridization and Geographic Variation in Two Meadow Katydid Contact Zones" (PDF). Evolution. 52 (3): 784–796. Retrieved 27 February 2024 – via The Orthopterists' Society.
External links
Media related to Orchelimum nigripes at Wikimedia Commons