New records of grasshoppers (Orthoptera) from the Northwest Territories

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Catling, Paul M., Kostiuk, Brenda, Armstrong, Terry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2020
• Subjects: Orthoptera; grasshoppers; distribution; ecology; Northwest Territories; new records; range extensions; Two-striped Grasshopper; Melanoplus bivittatus; Huron Short-winged Locust; Melanoplus huroni; Canada
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/2329; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v134i3.2329

We provide information on two additions to the fauna of Northwest Territories, Canada: Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) and Huron Short-winged Locust (Melanoplus huroni). We suspect that both are long established but were overlooked in the past as a consequence of general rarity.