Between 2005 and 2007, 656 new county records and eight new state records were obtained for Nebraska's short-horned grasshoppers (Acrididae and Romaleidae). This represents an increase of 30% in the known grasshopper county records in Nebraska. Based on the large number of new distribution records, it appears that the previous distributions of Nebraska's grasshoppers greatly underestimated the actual distributions. The new grasshopper state records were: Boopedon gracile, Chloealtis abdominalis, Encoptolophus subgracilis, Melanoplus bispinosus, Melanoplus borealis, Melanoplus punctulatus, Paratylotropidia brunneri, and Psinidia fenestralis were obtained. These new records will aid in both grasshopper monitoring for pest outbreaks and in conservation of rare and declining species which are often habitat specialists associated with prairie ecosystems.
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1 July 2008
A Synopsis of Nebraska Grasshopper Distributions
Mathew L. Brust,
W. Wyatt Hoback,
Robert J. Wright
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Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Vol. 81 • No. 3
July 2008
Vol. 81 • No. 3
July 2008
Acrididae
county record
grasshopper distribution
state record