Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Xanthippus corallipes (Haldeman)

Red-shanked grasshopper

Adults

  • Pronotum wrinkled and tuberculate.
    • Cut by two sulci.
  • Tegmen blotched.
    • Dorsal field with a pale line.
  • Hindwing yellow with a clear apex and crossed by a black band.
  • Lower carina of hind femur expanded into a ventral flange with a slightly sinuate margin.
  • Inner face of hind femur blue-black to bright orange.
  • Ourter face of hind femur with three dark bands.
  • Hind tibia coral red to orange, especially on inner face.
  • Adults in Spring and early Summer.
Nymphs
  • Pronotum wrinkled and tuberculate.
    • Cut by two sulci.
  • Inner face of hind femur blue-black to bright orange.
  • Ourter face of hind femur with three dark bands.
  • Lower carina of hind femur expanded into a ventral flange with a slightly sinuate margin.
  • Hind tibia coral red to orange, especially on inner face.
ND/SD Map

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