Velvet-striped Grasshopper
Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869)
Velvet-striped Grasshopper: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/8114
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Status

Seems to inhabit prairie remnants and other types of native grasslands in its eastern range. Not commonly seen since it overwinters as small nymphs, matures early in spring, and is essentially gone by midsummer. (B. Woo, pers. comm.)

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Eritettix simplex
Eritettix simplex, New Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Eritettigini
Genus: Eritettix
Species:
E. simplex
Binomial name
Eritettix simplex
(Scudder, 1869)

Eritettix simplex, known generally as the velvet-striped grasshopper or velvet-striped locust, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Eritettix simplex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Eritettix simplex". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.


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