Bradynotes Explained

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.

There are six subspecies of Bradynotes obesa:

• 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

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Bland . Roger. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. 978-1565250178.
• Book: Capinera. J.L. Scott. R.D.. Walker. T.J.. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-8948-8. registration.
• Knowles . L.Lacey. Otte . D.. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93. 421–431. 10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0421:PAOMGF]2.0.CO;2. free.

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