# Metator

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{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Band-winged Grasshopper - Metator nevadensis, Calpine, California.jpg
| image_caption = ''Metator nevadensis''
| taxon = Metator
| authority = McNeill, 1901
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Metator''''' is a genus of [band-winged grasshopper](/source/band-winged_grasshopper)s in the family [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae). There are at least two described species in ''Metator''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/><ref name=Otte2019/>
thumb|''Metator pardalinus''

==Species==
These two species belong to the genus ''Metator'':
* ''[Metator nevadensis](/source/Metator_nevadensis)'' <small>(Bruner, 1905)</small>
* ''[Metator pardalinus](/source/Metator_pardalinus)'' <small>(Saussure, 1884)</small> (blue-legged grasshopper)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Metator'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657730
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Metator''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1702684
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=buglink>
{{Cite web| title=''Metator'' genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/206661
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=Otte2019>
{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-07-02
| title = genus Metator McNeill, 1901
| date = 2019
| last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel
| last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta
| last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger
| last4 = Eades | first4 = David C.
| url = http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1104469
| website = Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
| title = The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets
| date = 2003
| last1 = Bland | first1 = Roger
| publisher = Michigan State University Extension
| isbn = 978-1565250178
}}
* {{Cite book
| title = Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States
| date = 2004
| last1 = Capinera
| first1 = J. L
| last2 = Scott
| first2 = R. D.
| last3 = Walker
| first3 = T. J.
| publisher = Cornell University Press
| isbn = 978-0-8014-8948-8
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetogras0000capi
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Commons category-inline|Metator}}
{{refend}}

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