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species Melanoplus alpinus Scudder, 1897

• Common name(s):  Alpine Grasshopper
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (13):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 20(1124):333   >> Melanoplus alpinus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54642
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1912. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 64(1):86   >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Hebard. 1928. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 80:276 >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Helfer. 1953. How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies 227, 228 >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Brooks, A.R. 1958. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 90(9):19 >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Kreasky. 1960. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 53:436-438 >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 1962. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 38:167   >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 10:38   >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Alexander, G. & Hilliard Jr. 1969. Ecol. Monog. 39:385 >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1983. Lyman ent. Mus. Res. Lab. 13(1):I-IV, i-xxii, 1-679 >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1986. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada 14:406   >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • Johnson, D.L. 2002. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands 8:18   >> Melanoplus alpinus
  • VanDyke, J.A. Lockwood & Kazmer. 2004. Jour. Orth. Res. 13(2):205   >> Melanoplus alpinus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northwestern U.S.A., Idaho, Henry Lake
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  USNM Washington

• synonym pilatus Scudder, 1899

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