title: Melanoplus sanguinipes
text: # Melanoplus sanguinipes
  
  Melanoplus sanguinipes, known generally as migratory grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the lesser migratory grasshopper and red-legged grasshopper. It is found in the Caribbean and North America.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  These four subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus sanguinipes:
  
  * Melanoplus sanguinipes atlanis (Riley, $1875)^{icg}$
  * Melanoplus sanguinipes defectus Scudder, $1897^{icg}$
  * Melanoplus sanguinipes sanguinipes (Fabricius, $1798)^{icg}$
  * Melanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus Gurney and Brooks, $1959^{ig}$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  