Xanthippus corallipes (Haldeman)
Red-shanked grasshopper
Adults
- Pronotum wrinkled and tuberculate.
- Tegmen blotched.
- Dorsal field with a pale line.
- Hindwing yellow with a clear apex
and crossed by a black band.
- Lower carina of hind femur expanded
into a ventral flange with a slightly
sinuate margin.
- Inner face of hind femur blue-black to
bright orange.
- Ourter face of hind femur with three
dark bands.
- Hind tibia coral red to orange,
especially on inner face.
- Adults in Spring and early Summer.
Nymphs
- Pronotum wrinkled and tuberculate.
- Inner face of hind femur blue-black to
bright orange.
- Ourter face of hind femur with three
dark bands.
- Lower carina of hind femur expanded
into a ventral flange with a slightly
sinuate margin.
- Hind tibia coral red to orange,
especially on inner face.
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