''Melanoplus foedus'', the striped sand grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family

Acrididae The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...

. It is found in North America.

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species ''Melanoplus foedus'': * ''Melanoplus foedus fluviatilis'' Bruner, 1897^{i c g} * ''Melanoplus foedus foedus'' Scudder, 1878^{i c g} * ''Melanoplus foedus iselyi'' Hebard, 1936^{i c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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External links

* Melanoplinae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1878 {{melanoplus-stub