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- I. Biological Control
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- IV. Modeling & Population Dynamics
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Grasshopper Species Fact Sheets: Subfamilyheadline bar Grasshopper Species Fact Sheets Alphabetical Listing within Subfamily**** **Grasshopper Species Fact Sheets***Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 912Species Fact Sheets by Robert E. Pfadt* Different subfamilies are each identified in the following table, with individual species listed alphabetically by common name within each subfamily.The subfamilies included are: Melanoplinae
Gomphocerinae
Oedipodinae
Romaleidae, Tribe Brachystolini
Tettigoniidae, subfamily Decticinae **Subfamily: Melanoplinae**Alpine grasshopper
*Melanoplus alpinus Scudder*Bruner spurthroated grasshopper
*Melanoplus bruneri Scudder*Cudweed grasshopper
*Hypochlora alba (Dodge)*Dawson grasshopper
*Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder)*Devastating grasshopper
*Melanoplus devastator Scudder*Differential grasshopper
*Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas)*Flabellate grasshopper
*Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas)*Gladston grasshopper
*Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder*Keeler grasshopper
*Melanoplus keeleri (Thomas)*Kennicott grasshopper
*Melanoplus kennicotti (Scudder)*Lakin grasshopper
*Melanoplus lakinus (Scudder)*Largeheaded grasshopper
*Phoetaliotes nebrascensis (Thomas)*Little spurthroated grasshopper
*Melanoplus infantilis Scudder*Migratory grasshopper
*Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius)*Narrowwinged sand grasshopper
*Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge)*Nevada sage grasshopper
*Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney*Northern grasshopper
*Melanoplus borealis (Fieber)*Packard grasshopper
*Melanoplus packardii Scudder*Pasture grasshopper
*Melanoplus confusus Scudder*Redlegged grasshopper
*Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer)*Russianthistle grasshopper
*Aeoloplides turnbulli (Thomas)*Sagebrush grasshopper
*Melanoplus bowditchi Scudder*Snakeweed grasshopper
*Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas)*Striped sand grasshopper
*Melanoplus foedus Scudder*Twostriped grasshopper
*Melanoplus bivittatus (Say)*Valley grasshopper
*Oedaleonotus enigma (Scudder)***Subfamily: Gomphocerinae**Bigheaded grasshopper
*Aulocara elliotti (Thomas)*Brownspotted grasshopper
*Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder)*Bruner slantfaced grasshopper
*Bruneria brunnea (Thomas)*Clubhorned grasshopper
*Aeropedellus clavatus (Thomas)*Crenulatewinged grasshopper
*Cordillacris crenulata (Bruner)*Ebony grasshopper
*Boopedon nubilum (Say)*Fourspotted grasshopper
*Phlibostroma quadrimaculatum (Thomas)*Meadow grasshopper
*Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris)*Obscure grasshopper
*Opeia obscura (Thomas)*Slantfaced pasture grasshopper
*Orphulella speciosa (Scudder)*Spottedwinged grasshopper
*Cordillacris occipitalis (Thomas)*Striped grasshopper
*Amphitornus coloradus (Thomas)*Twostriped slantfaced grasshopper
*Mermiria bivittata (Serville)*Velvetstriped grasshopper
*Eritettix simplex (Scudder)*Whitecrossed grasshopper
*Aulocara femoratum Scudder*Whitewhiskered grasshopper
*Ageneotettix deorum (Scudder)***Subfamily: Oedipodinae**Bluelegged grasshopper
*Metator pardalinus (Saussure)*Carolina grasshopper
*Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus)*Clearwinged grasshopper
*Camnula pellucida (Scudder)*Dusky grasshopper
*Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder)*Finned grasshopper
*Trachyrhachys aspera Scudder*Greenstriped grasshopper
*Chortophaga viridifasciata (DeGeer)*Hayden grasshopper
*Derotmema haydeni (Thomas)*High plains grasshopper
*Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas)*Kiowa grasshopper
*Trachyrhachys kiowa (Thomas)*Mottled sand grasshopper
*Spharagemon collare (Scudder)*Orangelegged grasshopper
*Spharagemon equale (Say)*Pallidwinged grasshopper
*Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Burmeister)*Redshanked grasshopper
*Xanthippus corallipes (Haldeman)*Redwinged grasshopper
*Arphia pseudonietana (Thomas)*Specklewinged grasshopper
*Arphia conspersa Scudder*Threebanded grasshopper
*Hadrotettix trifasciatus (Say)***Subfamily: Romaleidae, Tribe Brachystolini**Plains lubber grasshopper
*Brachystola magna (Girard)***Subfamily: Tettigoniidae, subfamily Decticinae**Mormon Cricket
*Anabrus simplex Haldeman* **Alphabetical by Scientific Name | Alphabetical within Subfamily | Alphabetical by Common Name** Go to Handbook Contents


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