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species Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875)

• Common name(s):  Dawson Grasshopper; Dawson's Locust
• Images: (6) See all images
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (18):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1875. In Dawson, G.M. Brit. N. Amer. Bound. Comm. Geol. Rept. of Progr. in the vicinity of the 49th Parallel 1873:343 >> Pezotettix dawsoni    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54535
  • Scudder, S.H. 1896. Rep. Ent. Soc. Ontario 26:64 >> Melanoplus dawsoni    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54534
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897[1896]. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 27(12):208   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell. 1902. Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 9:46   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1906. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 58:408   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Morse. 1920. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 35(6):516   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Hebard. 1928. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 80:273 >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Hebard. 1929. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 81:380 >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:196   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Brooks, A.R. 1958. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 90(9):24 >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1967. Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 97:48   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Otte, D. 1970. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. 141:112   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1986. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada 14:386   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Johnson, D.L. 2002. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands 8:20   >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 91 >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 121, Plate 25 >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Kirk, K. & Bomar. 2005. Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin 37, 77 >> Melanoplus dawsoni
  • Hill, J.G. 2015. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 141:297   >> Note: incertae sedis >> Melanoplus dawsoni
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Western Canada, Manitoba, Souris River
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

• synonym abditum (Dodge, 1877)
• synonym acutus Scudder, 1899
• synonym completus Scudder, 1897
• synonym tellustris (Scudder, 1876)

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