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species Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872)

• Common name(s):  Flabellate Grasshopper
• Images: (7) See all images
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (15):
  • Thomas, C. 1872. In Hayden. U.S. Geological Survey of Montana and Adjacent Territory 1871. Annual Report of Progress 5:453   >> Caloptenus occidentalis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54315
  • Thomas, C. 1878. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geog. Surv. Territ. 4:484   >> Caloptenus occidentalis
  • Bruner, L. 1893. Publ. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 3:28   >> Melanoplus occidentalis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54314
  • Caudell. 1903. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 26:803   >> Melanoplus occidentalis
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1906. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 58:404   >> Melanoplus occidentalis
  • Hebard. 1927. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 79:8 >> Melanoplus occidentalis
  • Hebard. 1928. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 80:277 >> Melanoplus occidentalis occidentalis
  • Hebard. 1929. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 81:386 >> Melanoplus occidentalis occidentalis
  • Hebard. 1935. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 61(3):304   >> Melanoplus occidentalis occidentalis
  • Slifer. 1943. Journal of Morphology 72(2):227 >> Melanoplus occidentalis occidentalis
  • Tinkham. 1948[1949]. Am. Midl. Nat. 40:617 >> Melanoplus occidentalis occidentalis
  • Brooks, A.R. 1958. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 90(9):29 >> Melanoplus occidentalis occidentalis
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1986. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada 14:424   >> Melanoplus occidentalis occidentalis
  • Pfadt. 1988. Wyoming Agric. Exp. Sta. Bull. 912:1-25 + 68 pp. >> Melanoplus occidentalis
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 130, Plate 27 >> Melanoplus occidentalis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northwestern U.S.A., Wyoming, Cottonwood
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  USNM Washington

• synonym brevipennis Bruner, 1904
• synonym flabellifer Scudder, 1878
• synonym variolosus Scudder, 1878

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