Bradynotes is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is at least one described species in Bradynotes, B. obesa, also known as the "slow mountain grasshopper" and "mountain lubber grasshopper". It is found in North America, in the western United States and northwestern Mexico.[1][2][3][4][5]

Bradynotes
Bradynotes obesa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Podisminae
Genus: Bradynotes
Scudder, 1870

There are six subspecies of Bradynotes obesa:[5]

  • Bradynotes obesa caurus Scudder, 1897
  • Bradynotes obesa deplanata Hebard, 1919
  • Bradynotes obesa kaibab Hebard, 1919
  • Bradynotes obesa obesa (Thomas, 1872)
  • Bradynotes obesa opima Scudder, 1880
  • Bradynotes obesa referta Scudder, 1897

References

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  1. ^ "Bradynotes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  2. ^ "Browse Bradynotes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  3. ^ "Bradynotes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  4. ^ "Bradynotes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  5. ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-15.

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