Firewood Spur-throated Grasshopper (Melanoplus ligneolus)
The Firewood Spur-throated Grasshopper was described in 1899 based on specimens that had been collected near the cities of Benicia and Berkely in Solano – and Alameda County of California / USA respectively.
The males reached sizes of about 1,7 cm long, the females were slightly larger, both sexes were yellowish light-brown colored.
The species is considered possibly extinct without any reasons for this assumption being mentioned.
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References:
[1] Samuel H. Scudder: Supplement to a revision of the Melanopli. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 7: 157-205. 1899′
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edited: 31.08.2019