Club-horned Grasshopper

Aeropedellus clavatus

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Club-horned Grasshopper
Scientific Name: 
Aeropedellus clavatus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Grasshopper
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Orthoptera
Family: 
Acrididae
General Biology
Canada Known Subspecies Count: 
0
Reproduction Frequency Per Year: 
0
Habitat
In the prairies it occurs in arid, often sandy places but is also present in some alpine areas of the Rockies. It is said to feed principally on grasses and may be a pest of crops in the prairie region
References: 
R202
Distribution

Ecozones

Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield
References: 
R202

Distribution

5%; With a prairie distribution in North America (main region and Peace River), this species is disjunct into the Great Slave Lake area. The two species of Areopedellus meet only in Northwest Territories where A. arcticus occurs around Norman Wells and at the eastern end of Great Bear Lake
Score: 
EF
References: 
R202
H293

Number of Occurrences

East Arm of GSL, Kakisa, Ft Smith; Moderately common -maybe also Daring Lake 2017 (see Catling et al. 2018. Notable Grasshoppers from an unusual tundra ecosystem, Newsletter of the BSC 37(1)
Score: 
AD
References: 
R202
H293

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
Threats

Threats

Score: 
C

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
a prairie distribution in North America (main region and Peace River), this species is disjunct into the Great Slave Lake area.
S Rank: 
S3S4
Decision Process Description: 
Draft rank by non-expert (SC) based on Catling 2008 (R202) only (September 2010); Reviewed by Dan Johnson and Craig Wiebe , no change, 2014 (H293) Modified from undetermined to secure (more information on expected occurrences and range); Reviewed by James Miskelly (2017); no change 2019 (SC).
Last Updated: 
September 13, 2019

References

Ecozones

  • Catling, P.M (2008) Grasshoppers and related insects of Northwest Territories and adjacent regions. Gov of the Northwest Territories, Envrionment and Natural Resources 77 pp. - R202 Return

Habitat

  • Catling, P.M (2008) Grasshoppers and related insects of Northwest Territories and adjacent regions. Gov of the Northwest Territories, Envrionment and Natural Resources 77 pp. - R202 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Catling, P.M (2008) Grasshoppers and related insects of Northwest Territories and adjacent regions. Gov of the Northwest Territories, Envrionment and Natural Resources 77 pp. - R202 Return
  • Hebert, Remi (2014) A set of 2 emailes between Suzanna Carriere and Remi Hebert. GS grasshoppers - SG sauterelles & GS grasshoppers NT. e copy - H293 Return

Range Extent

  • Catling, P.M (2008) Grasshoppers and related insects of Northwest Territories and adjacent regions. Gov of the Northwest Territories, Envrionment and Natural Resources 77 pp. - R202 Return
  • Hebert, Remi (2014) A set of 2 emailes between Suzanna Carriere and Remi Hebert. GS grasshoppers - SG sauterelles & GS grasshoppers NT. e copy - H293 Return