Black-legged Meadow Katydid
Orchelimum nigripes Scudder, 1875
Black-legged Meadow Katydid: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/18135
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Non-native

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6 Records

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Status

According to BugGuide the Black-legged Meadow Katydid is probably an introduced species in the Mid-Atlantic and Chesapeake Bay drainage. The first collections in the area were made in the early 1900's. Prefers the same type of freshwater wetland habitat as Handsome Meadow Katydid. Apparently very uncommon.

Description

Very similar to Handsome Meadow Katydid. The reddish eyes and black/dark coloration of the hind legs differentiate Black-legged Meadow Katydid from the blue-eyed and reddish legs of the Handsome Meadow Katydid.

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Orchelimum nigripes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Black-legged meadow katydid, Orchelimum nigripes
  • Male stridulating

See also

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Orchelimum nigripes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Orchelimum nigripes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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