Grasshoppers of North Carolina (species list)
JoVonn G. Hill
As part of an ongoing study of the grasshopper fauna of the southeastern U.S., reliable literature records were gathered to identify what species had been previously documented from each state. The annotated list below contains 76 taxa that have been documented in North Carolina followed by whether specimens from the state are present in the Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM) and the literature records documenting the species in the state. This list will be updated with more literature and species records as the fauna of North Carolina is studied more intently.
The list is currently arranged taxonomically by subfamily and then alphabetically within each subfamily. Taxonomy follows Eades et al. (2010).
GOMPHOCERINAE
Amblytropidia mysteca (Saussure): MEM, Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Otte 1981
Chloealtis conspersa Harris: MEM, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Blatchley 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1981
Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris): MEM, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Otte 1981.
Dichromorpha elegans (Morse): Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1981
Dichromorpha viridis (Scudder): MEM, Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1956, Otte 1981
Eritettix simplex (Scudder): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Blatchley 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1981
Mermiria bivittata (Serville): USDA 1957, Otte 1981
Mermiria intertexta Scudder: Rehn and Hebard 1916, Davis and Gray 1966, Otte 1981
Mermiria picta (Walker): Scudder 1899, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1981
Orphulella pelidna (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957, Davis and Gray 1966, Otte 1981
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder): Morse 1904b
Syrbula admirabilis (Uhler): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957, Otte 1981
ACRIDINAE
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Otte 1981, Donato and Cigliano 2000
OEDIPODINAE
Arphia granulata (Sassure): Rehn and Hebard 1916, Otte 1984
Arphia sulphurea (Fabricius): MEM, Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Otte 1984
Arphia xanthoptera (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Otte 1984
Chortophaga viridifasciata (DeGeer): MEM, Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1956, Otte 1984
Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910,Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1956, Otte 1984
Encoptolophus sordidus (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Blatchley 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1984
Hippiscus ocelote (Saussure) Morse: 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1956, Otte 1984
Pardalophora apiculata (Harris): Rehn and Hebard 1910, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1984
Pardalophora phoenicoptera (Burmeister): Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957,Otte 1984
Psinidia fenestralis (Serville) Morse: 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910,Rehn and Hebard 1916, Otte 1984
Spharagemon bolli Scudder: Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957, Otte 1984
Spharagemon cristatum (Scudder): Morse 1904b, Blatchley 1920, USDA 1957
Spharagemon marmorata picta (Scudder): Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910,Rehn and Hebard 1916, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1984
Trachyrhachys kiowa (Thomas): USDA 1957
Trimerotropis maritima (Harris): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957
Trimerotropis saxatalis McNeil: Rehn and Hebard 1916, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1984
LEPTYSMINAE
Leptysma marginicollis (Serville): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916,Rehn and Eades 1961
Stenacris vitreipennis (Marschall): Rehn and Hebard 1916, Rehn and Eades 1961, Roberts 1978
CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE
Schistocerca alutacea Harris: Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Song 2004
Schistocerca americana (Drury): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Schistocerca lineata Scudder: Hubbell 1960
Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius): Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957, Song 2004
Schistocerca rubiginosa (Harris): Song 2004
MELANOPLINAE
Booneacris variegata (Scudder): MEM, Morse 1904b
Dendrotettix australis (Morse): Friauf 1957
Dendrotettix zimmermanni (Saussure): Friauf 1957
Melanoplus acrophilus Hebard: Hebard 1935, Otte 2002
Melanoplus angustipennis (Dodge): USDA 1956
Melanoplus attenuatus Scudder: Scudder 1897
Melanoplus bivitttatus (Say): Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1956
Melanoplus carnegiei Morse: Rehn and Hebard 1910
Melanoplus celatus Morse: Hebard 1937
Melanoplus cherokee Hebard: MEM, Hebard 1935, Otte 2002
Melanoplus confusus Scudder: Rehn and Hebard 1916
Melanoplus deceptus Morse: MEM, Morse 1904a, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Hebard 1935, Otte 2002
Melanoplus decoratus Morse: Morse 1904a, Morse 1904b
Melanoplus decorus Rehn and Hebard: Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Blatchley 1920
Melanoplus delaware Hebard: Rehn and Hebard 1916Hebard 1935
Melanoplus devius Morse: 1904a, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Melanoplus differentialis differentialis (Thomas): Roberts 1942, USDA 1956
Melanoplus divergens Morse: Morse 1904a, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Hebard 1937
Melanoplus eurycercus Hebard: Hebard 1935, Otte 2002
Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, USDA 1956, Dakin 1985
Melanoplus hubbelli Hebard: Otte 2002
Melanoplus impudicus Scudder: Morse 1904b, Gurney 1941
Melanoplus keeleri keeleri (Thomas): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910,Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1956
Melanoplus mirus Rehn and Hebard: MEM, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Melanoplus nigrescens (Scudder): Rehn and Hebard 1916
Melanoplus nubilus Rehn and Hebard: Rehn and Hebard 1916
Melanoplus pachycercus Hebard: Otte 2002
Melanoplus propinquus Scudder: Rehn and Hebard 1916, Dakin 1985
Melanoplus punctulatus punctulatus (Scudder): Brimley 1908
Melanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus Gurney and Brooks: Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957, Gurney and Brooks 1959
Melanoplus scudderi scudderi (Uhler): MEM, Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, USDA 1957
Melanoplus serrulatus Hebard: Hebard 1937
Melanoplus similis Morse: Morse 1904a, Morse 1904b, Otte 2002
Melanoplus strumosus Morse: MEM, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Melanoplus sylvestris Morse: Morse 1904a, Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Melanoplus walshii Scudder: Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Paratylotropidia beutenmuelleri Morse: Morse 1907, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Paroxya atlantica Scudder: Morse 1904b, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916
Paroxya clavuliger (Serville): Morse 1904b, Brimley 1908, Rehn and Hebard 1910, Rehn and Hebard 1916, Davis and Gray 1966
ROMALEIDAE
Romalea microptera (Beauvois): Blatchley 1920, Rehn and Grant 1959, Rehn and Grant 1961
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