Grasshoppers of Texhoma-Goodwell
Texas County, Oklahoma
Order Orthoptera - Family Acrididae
Kurt Schaefer
Subfamily Romalinae - Lubber Grasshoppers
Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae - Spurthroated Grasshoppers
Subfamily Gomphocerinae - Stridulating Slantfaced Grasshoppers
Subfamily Oedipodinae - Banded-winged Grasshoppers
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Species Name | Common Name |
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| Subfamily Romalinae - Lubber Grasshoppers | ||
|---|---|---|
 Large, heavy bodied; Wings small, dotted, paddle shaped | ||
| X | Brachystola magna | Plains lubber grasshopper |
| Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae - Spurthroated Grasshoppers | ||
|---|---|---|
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| X | Aeoloplides turnbulli | Russian-thistle grasshopper |
| X | Campylacantha olivacea | Fuzzy olive-green grasshopper |
| X | Dactylotum bicolor | Pictured grasshopper |
| X | Hesperotettix speciosus | Western grass-green grasshopper |
| X | Hesperotettix viridis | Meadow purple-striped grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus angustipennis | Narrow-winged spurthroated grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus arizonae | Arizona spurthroated grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus bispinosus | Two-spined spurthoarted grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus bivittatus | Two-striped grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus bowditchi | Sagebrush grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus differentialis | Differential grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus flavidus | Yellow spurthroated grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus femurrubrum | Red-legged grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus foedus | Foedus grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus gladstoni | Gladston's spurthroated grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus glaucipes | Glaucous-legged spurthroated grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus keeleri | Keeler's spurthroated grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus lakinus | Lakin's grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus occidentalis | Flabellate grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus packardii | Packard's grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus regalis | Regal spurthroated grasshopper |
| X | Melanoplus sanguinipes | Migratory grasshopper |
| X | Phoetaliotes nebrascensis | Large-headed grasshopper |
| X | Schistocerca nitens | Gray bird grasshopper |
| X | Schistocerca obscura | Obscure bird grasshopper |
| X | Schistocerca lineata | Spotted bird grasshopper |
| Subfamily Gomphocerinae - Stridulating Slantfaced Grasshoppers | ||
|---|---|---|
    No Spine; Face usually slanting; Hind margin of pronotum truncated or obtusely-angled Excepts in Acrolophitus, Green fool grasshopper | ||
| X | Acrolophitus hirtipes | Green fool grasshopper |
| X | Ageneotexttix deorum | White-whiskered grasshopper |
| X | Amphitornus coloradus | Striped slantfaced grasshopper |
| X | Aulocara elliotti | Big-headed grasshopper |
| X | Aulocara femoratum | White-crossed grasshopper |
| X | Boopedon nubilum | Embony grasshopper |
| X | Cordillacris crenulata | Crenulated grasshopper |
| X | Eritettix simplex | Velvet-striped grasshopper |
| X | Mermiria bivittata | Two-striped Mermiria grasshopper |
| X | Mermiria picta | Lively Mermiria grasshopper |
| X | Opeia obscura | Obscure grasshopper |
| X | Orphulella speciosa | Pasture grasshopper |
| X | Phlibostroma quadrimaculatum | Four-spotted grasshopper |
| X | Syrbula admirabilis | Admirable grasshopper |
| X | Psoloessa texana | Texas spotted range grasshopper |
| Subfamily Oedipodinae - Banded-winged Grasshoppers | ||
|---|---|---|
   Hind wings banded; Hind margin of pronotum acutely-angled | ||
| X | Arphia simplex | Plains yellow-winged grasshopper |
| X | Arphia conspersa | Speckle-winged rangeland grasshopper |
| X | Arphia pseudonietana | Northwestern red-winged grasshopper |
| X | Chortophaga virifasciata | Northern green-striped grasshopper |
| X | Derotmema haydeni | Hayden's grasshopper |
| X | Dissosteira carolina | Carolina grasshopper |
| X | Dissosteira longipennis | High plains grasshopper |
| X | Encoptolophus costalis | Dusky grasshopper |
| X | Encoptolophus sordidus | Clouded grasshopper |
| X | Hadrotettix trifasciatus | Three-banded range grasshopper |
| X | Hippiscus ocelote | Wrinkled grasshopper |
| X | Metator pardalinus | Blue-legged grasshopper |
| X | Leprus wheeleri | Wheeler's Blue-winged Grasshopper |
| X | Spharagemon cristatum | Ridgeback sand grasshopper | X | Spharagemon collare | Mottled Sand Grasshopper |
| X | Spharagemon equale | Say's grasshopper |
| X | Trachyrhachys kiowa | Kiowa rangeland grasshopper |
| X | Trimerotropis pallidipennis | Pallid-winged grasshopper |
| X | Tropidolophus formosus | Great crested grasshopper |
| X | Xanthippus corallipes | Red-shanked grasshopper |
Nomenclature follows:
Coppock, Stanley, Jr., 1962, The Grasshoppers of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University Agriculture Experiment Station Processed Series P-399
Capinera, John L., Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker, 2004, Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Comstock Publishing Associates
Thanks to Don Arnold of the K.C. Emerson Entomology Museum at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK for allowing me to examine specimens.
Thanks to David Ferguson for his valuable tips on a number of species I overlooked and needed help with.
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