Taxonomic Details for Orchelimum erythrocephalum
Systematic Resumé: |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
Superphylum | Ecdysozoa |
Phylum | Arthropoda |
Subphylum | Hexapoda |
Class | Insecta |
Subclass | Pterygota |
Infraclass | Neoptera |
Superorder | Polyneoptera |
Order | Orthoptera |
Suborder | Ensifera |
Infraorder | Tettigoniidea |
Superfamily | Tettigonioidea |
Family | Tettigoniidae |
Subfamily | Conocephalinae |
Genus | Orchelimum |
Species | Orchelimum erythrocephalum |
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Common Name: |
red-head meadow grasshopper |
Authority: |
Davis, 1905 |
ITIS TSN: |
102235 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
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GCE Data Sets: |
INS-GCEM-2308 (Fall 2023 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-2208 (Fall 2022 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-2108 (Fall 2021 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-2008 (Fall 2020 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
INS-GCEM-1908 (Fall 2019 grasshopper monitoring -- mid-marsh grasshopper abundance and species diversity at eight GCE LTER sampling sites)
(view all 10 relevant data sets in the GCE Data Catalog) |

Orchelimum erythrocephalum male. The red head and blue eyes are characteristic of this species. Photo by Steven Pennings.

Orchelimum erythrocephalum female. This species will bite if handled. Photo by Steven Pennings.
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