Boopedon nubilum, known generally as ebony grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the black-males grasshopper and plains boopie. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4]

Boopedon nubilum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Boopedon
Species:
B. nubilum
Binomial name
Boopedon nubilum
(Say, 1825)
Ebony grasshopper, Boopedon nubilum

Subspecies

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These two subspecies belong to the species Boopedon nubilum:

  • Boopedon nubilum maculatum Caudell, 1916
  • Boopedon nubilum nubilum (Say, 1825)

References

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  1. ^ "Boopedon nubilum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Boopedon nubilum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Boopedon nubilum (Say, 1825)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.
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