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subfamily Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Freshwater, terrestrial. Herbivorous.
• Citations (33):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1896. Psyche 7:367-370   >> Note: Melanopli
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 20(1124):1-421   >> Note: Melanopli
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci. 32:195-206  
  • McNeill. 1899. Psyche 8(275):332-334  
  • Scudder, S.H. 1899[1897-1899]. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 7:157-205   >> Note: Melanopli
  • Roberts, H.R. 1941. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 93:201-246 >> Note: Melanoplini
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Randell. 1963. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 115:1-32   >> Note: Melanoplini
  • Uvarov. 1966. Atti Acad. Gioenia Sci. Nat. Catania 6(13):182 >> Note: Melanoplinae
  • Brusven. 1972. Melanderia 9:3
  • Amédégnato. 1974. Acrida 3(3):196, 199 >> Note: Melanoplinae, stat. nov.
  • Cantrall & Cohn. 1974. Proceedings of the International Study Conference on the Current and Future Problems of Acridology 1970 35-44
  • Amédégnato. 1977. Thèse, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. (mimeo.) 297 >> Note: > Melanoplinae
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1983. Lyman ent. Mus. Res. Lab. 13(1):728, 729
  • Richman, Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland & Ferguson. 1993. New Mex. Coop. Extens. Service Handbook 7:20  
  • Kuperus & Chapco. 1994. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 87(6):751-754
  • Chapco, Kelln & McFadyen. 1994. Heredity 72(1):1-9
  • Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:347 >> Note: Acrididae: Melanoplinae
  • Chapco & S.J. Guenther. 1998. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 74(3):150-156  
  • Jiang, G. & Z. Zheng. 1998. Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi 116
  • Knowles, L.L. & D. Otte. 2000. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 93(3):421-431
  • Chapco, Litzenberger & Kuperus. 2001. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 18(3):460-466  
  • Johnson, D.L. 2002. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands 8:16-25  
  • Amédégnato, Chapco & Litzenberger. 2003. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 29(1):115-119  
  • Litzenberger & Chapco. 2003. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 96(4):491-497
  • Li, Hongchang, K.-L. Xia & et al. 2006. Fauna Sinica, Insecta 43:199
  • Song, H. & Wenzel. 2008. Cladistics 24:515-542 >> Note: relation of Melanoplinae to Cyrtacanthacridinae
  • Chintauan-Marquier, S. Jordan, P. Berthier, Amédégnato & Pompanon. 2011. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 58:22–32  
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama 283
  • Woller, Fontana, Mariño-Pérez & H. Song. 2014. Zootaxa 3793(4):475–495  
  • Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 302 >> Note: key to Colombian tribes
  • Defaut & Morichon. 2015. Faune de France 97(1a,b):231
  • Song, H., Mariño-Pérez, Woller & Cigliano. 2018. Insect Systematics and Evolution 2(4):16   >> Note: monophyletic subfamily
  • Scattolini, Lira Noriega & Cigliano. 2020. Ecol. Entomol. 45:840–853
• Type genus:  Melanoplus Stål, 1873; priority for family-group names based on Melanoplus dates from Melanopli Scudder, S.H., 1897.  First use as Melanoplinae by Uvarov, 1966.

• synonym Melanopli Scudder, 1897
• tribe Conalcaeini Cohn & Cantrall, 1974
• genus Barytettix Scudder, 1897
• genus Conalcaea Scudder, 1897
• genus Huastecacris Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007
• genus Oedomerus Bruner, 1908
• tribe Dactylotini Scudder, 1897
• synonym Dactyloti Scudder, 1897
• synonym Dactylotina Scudder, 1897
• genus Aztecacris Roberts, 1947
• genus Campylacantha Scudder, 1897
• genus Dactylotum Charpentier, 1845
• genus Dasyscirtus Bruner, 1908
• genus Gymnoscirtetes Scudder, 1897
• genus Liladownsia Fontana, Mariño-Pérez, Woller & Song, 2014
• genus Paraidemona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• genus Paratylotropidia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• genus Perixerus Gerstaecker, 1873
• genus Poecilotettix Scudder, 1897
• tribe Dichroplini Rehn & Randell, 1963
• synonym Dichropli Rehn & Randell, 1963
• genus group Scotussae Dinghi, Confalonieri & Cigliano, 2009
• genus Apacris Hebard, 1931
• genus Baeacris Rowell & Carbonell, 1977
• genus Bogotacris Ronderos, 1979
• genus Boliviacris Ronderos & Cigliano, 1990
• genus Chibchacris Hebard, 1923
• genus Ciglianacris Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2017
• genus Coyacris Ronderos, 1991
• genus Dichroplus Stål, 1873
• genus Digamacris Carbonell, 1989
• genus Hazelacris Ronderos, 1981
• genus Huaylasacris Cigliano, Pocco & Lange, 2011
• genus Keyopsis Ronderos & Cigliano, 1993
• genus Mariacris Ronderos & Turk, 1989
• genus Meridacris Roberts, 1937
• genus Neopedies Hebard, 1931
• genus Orotettix Ronderos & Carbonell, 1994
• genus Pediella Roberts, 1937
• genus Ponderacris Ronderos & Cigliano, 1991
• genus Pseudoscopas Hebard, 1931
• genus Timotes Roberts, 1937
• genus Yungasus Mayer, 2006
• tribe Jivarini Hebard, 1924
• synonym Jivari Hebard, 1924
• genus Argemiacris Ronderos, 1978
• genus Comansacris Ronderos & Cigliano, 1989
• genus Hydnosternacris Amédégnato & Descamps, 1978
• genus Intiacris Ronderos & Cigliano, 1989
• genus Jivarus Giglio-Tos, 1898
• genus Maeacris Ronderos, 1983
• genus Maylasacris Cigliano & Amédégnato, 2010
• genus Nahuelia Liebermann, 1942
• genus Oreophilacris Roberts, 1937
• genus Urubamba Bruner, 1913
• tribe Melanoplini Scudder, 1897
• genus Aeoloplides Caudell, 1916
• genus Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908
• genus Aptenopedes Scudder, 1878
• genus Cephalotettix Scudder, 1897
• genus Chloroplus Hebard, 1918
• genus Eotettix Scudder, 1897
• genus Floridacris Otte, 2014
• genus Floritettix Otte, 2014
• genus Hesperotettix Scudder, 1876
• genus Hypochlora Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• genus Melanoplus Stål, 1873
• genus Necaxacris Roberts, 1939
• genus Netrosoma Scudder, 1897
• genus Oedaleonotus Scudder, 1897
• genus Paroxya Scudder, 1877
• genus Phaedrotettix Scudder, 1897
• genus Philocleon Scudder, 1897
• genus Phoetaliotes Scudder, 1897
• genus Sinaloa Scudder, 1897
• tribe Podismini Jacobson, 1905
• synonym Genimenini Li & Yin, 2009
• synonym Parapodisminae Inoue, 1985
• synonym Podisminae Jacobson, 1905
• synonym Primnoae Rehn & Randell, 1963
• synonym Prumnini Mayer, 2004
• subtribe Miramellina Rehn & Randell, 1963
• subtribe Podismina Jacobson, 1905
• subtribe Tonkinacridina Ito, 2015
• genus group Bradynotae Rehn & Randell, 1963
• genus Anepipodisma Huang, 1984
• genus Bohemanella Ramme, 1951
• genus Cophoprumna Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
• genus Dicranophyma Uvarov, 1921
• genus Eokingdonella Yin, 1984
• genus Genimen Bolívar, 1917
• genus Gibbitergum Zheng & Shi, 1998
• genus Guizhouacris Yin & Li, 2006
• genus Liaopodisma Zheng, 1990
• genus Pachypodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
• genus Paratonkinacris You & Li, 1983
• genus Peripodisma Willemse, 1972
• genus Phaulotettix Scudder, 1897
• genus Podismodes Ramme, 1939
• genus Prumna Motschulsky, 1859
• genus Prumnacris Rehn & Rehn, 1944
• genus Pseudozubovskia Zheng, Lin, Zhang & Zeng, 2014
• genus Qinlingacris Yin & Chou, 1979
• genus Rectimargipodisma Zheng, Li & Wang, 2004
• genus Rhinopodisma Mistshenko, 1954
• genus Taipodisma Yin, Zheng & Yin, 2014
• genus Xiangelilacris Zheng, Huang & Zhou, 2008
• genus Agnostokasia Gurney & Rentz, 1964
• species sublima Gurney & Rentz, 1964
• genus Aidemona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• species alticola Roberts, 1947
• species amrami Roberts, 1947
• species azteca (Saussure, 1861)
• species scarlata Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species sonorae Roberts, 1947
• genus Akamasacris Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species amplius Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species huarubeius Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species jubaamius Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species sinus Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species variabilis (Scudder, 1897)
• genus Duartettix Perez-Gelabert & Otte, 2000
• species montanus Perez-Gelabert & Otte, 2000
• genus Emeiacris Zheng, 1981
• species exiensis Wang, 1995
• species furcula Zheng & Shi, 2006
• species maculata Zheng, 1981
• genus Karokia Rehn, 1964
• species blanci (Rehn, 1964)
• species memorialis Gurney & Buxton, 1968
• genus Longgenacris You & Li, 1983
• species maculacarina You & Li, 1983
• genus Mexacris Otte, 2007
• species annulicornis (Hebard, 1932)
• species colorata (Hebard, 1932)
• genus Mexitettix Otte, 2007
• species asiga Otte, 2007
• species basachi Otte, 2007
• species bayoami Otte, 2007
• species bimo Otte, 2007
• species cahui Otte, 2007
• species cami Otte, 2007
• species corochi Otte, 2007
• species cuacari Otte, 2007
• species gara Otte, 2007
• species huataca Otte, 2007
• species jocari Otte, 2007
• species majarami Otte, 2007
• species muruchi Otte, 2007
• species ojui Otte, 2007
• species ratabami Otte, 2007
• species ricuchuri Otte, 2007
• species simuchi Otte, 2007
• species sinu Otte, 2007
• species sopori Otte, 2007
• species tabe Otte, 2007
• species tigotachi Otte, 2007
• genus Nisquallia Rehn, 1952
• species olympica Rehn, 1952
• genus Oaxaca Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
• species carinata Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
• species colorata Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
• genus Parascopas Bruner, 1906
• synonym Gigliotosia Bolívar, 1906
• synonym Scopas Giglio-Tos, 1894
• species atratus Ronderos, 1982
• species brevicauda Ronderos, 1976
• species cantralli Ronderos, 1976
• species chapadensis Rehn, 1909
• species dubius Ronderos, 1982
• species exertus Ronderos, 1982
• species falcatus Ronderos, 1982
• species flavipes Ronderos, 1982
• species mesai Ronderos, 1982
• species monnei Ronderos, 1982
• species obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894)
• species peltarius Ronderos, 1982
• species robertsi Ronderos, 1976
• species sanguineus Bruner, 1910
• species seabrai Ronderos, 1982
• species similis Ronderos, 1976
• genus Pedies Saussure, 1861
• synonym Paradichroplus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
• species andreae Fontana, Mariño-Pérez & Woller, 2018
• species capotamius Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species cerropotosi Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007
• species chicoensis Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species comiamius Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species huacochaus Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species huarus Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species malinchensis Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species monarca Buzzetti, Barrientos-Lozano & Fontana, 2010
• species siyonamius Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species tabeius Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species tericercus Cigliano & Otte, 2003
• species virescens Saussure, 1861
• genus Propedies Hebard, 1931
• species group bipunctatus (Giglio-Tos, 1894)
• species group fusiformis (Giglio-Tos, 1897)
• species group geniculatus (Bruner, 1911)
• species group rubripennis Ronderos & Sánchez, 1983
• genus Psilotettix Bruner, 1908
• species obesus Bruner, 1908
• genus Radacris Ronderos & Sánchez, 1983
• species minutus (Roberts, 1937)
• genus Tijucella Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
• species polychroma Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979
• genus Tiyantiyana Cigliano, Pocco & Lange, 2011
• species sunipenis Cigliano, Pocco & Lange, 2011

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