Grasshopper Species Fact Sheets
Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 912
Species Fact Sheets
by Robert E. Pfadt

New additions by Mathew L. Brust 

Alphabetical Listing by Subfamily

Different subfamilies are each identified by different colors in the following table, with individual species listed alphabetically by common name within each subfamily.

The subfamilies included are:

Subfamily: Melanoplinae

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)

Fuzzy olive-green grasshopper

Campylacantha olivacea (Scudder)

Gladston grasshopper

Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder

Keeler grasshopper

Melanoplus keeleri (Thomas)

Kennicott grasshopper

Melanoplus kennicotti (Thomas)

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

Painted grasshopper

Dactylotum bicolor (Thomas)

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)

Western green grasshopper

Hesperotettix speciosus (Scudder)

Yellowish spurthroat grasshopper

Melanoplus flavidus (Scudder)

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Subfamily: Gomphocerinae

Admirable grasshopper

Syrbula admirabilis (Uhler)

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)

Green fool grasshopper

Acrolophitus hirtipes (Say)

Meadow grasshopper

Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris)

Obscure grasshopper

Opeia obscura (Thomas)

Rufous grasshopper

Heliaula rufa (Scudder)

Short-winged toothpick grasshopper

Pseudopomala brachyptera (Scudder)

Slantfaced pasture grasshopper

Orphulella speciosa (Scudder)

Spottedwinged grasshopper

Cordillacris occipitalis (Thomas)

Striped grasshopper

Amphitornus coloradus (Thomas)

Texas spotted rangeland grasshopper

Psoloessa texana Scudder

Twostriped slantfaced grasshopper

Mermiria bivittata (Serville)

Velvetstriped grasshopper

Eritettix simplex (Scudder)

Whitecrossed grasshopper

Aulocara femoratum Scudder

Whitewhiskered grasshopper

Ageneotettix deorum (Scudder)

Wyoming toothpick grasshopper

Paropomala wyomingensis (Thomas)

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Subfamily: Oedipodinae

Bluelegged grasshopper

Metator pardalinus (Saussure)

Carolina grasshopper

Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus)

Clearwinged grasshopper

Camnula pellucida (Scudder)

Coral-winged grasshopper

Pardalophora apiculata (Harris)

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)

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Subfamily: Romaleidae, Tribe Brachystolini

Plains lubber grasshopper

Brachystola magna (Girard)

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