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species Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877)

• Common name(s):  Shield-tailed Locust
• Images: (6) See all images
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (7):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1877. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 19:40 >> Caloptenus clypeatus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54562
  • Scudder, S.H. 1880. Canadian Ent. 12(4):75   >> Melanoplus clypeatus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54561
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1905[1904]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:792   >> Melanoplus clypeatus
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1916. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 68:245   >> Melanoplus clypeatus
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida 443   >> Melanoplus clypeatus
  • Helfer. 1953. How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies >> Melanoplus clypeatus
  • Otte, D. 2012. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 138(1-2):157 >> Note: Ponderosus Group >> Melanoplus clypeatus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Georgia
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

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