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species Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878)

• Common name(s):  Least Short-winged Locust
• Images: (7) See all images
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (13):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1878[1877]. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 19:87   >> Pezotettix puer    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54289
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 20(1124):252   >> Melanoplus puer    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54288
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1905. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 57:40   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1912. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 64(2):262   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1914. Jour. New York Ent. Soc. 22:108   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Hebard. 1915. Entomol. News 26:407   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Hebard. 1916. Entomol. News 27(1):19   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida 381   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Hubbell. 1932. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. 23:26   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Slifer. 1943. Journal of Morphology 72(2):227 >> Melanoplus puer puer
  • Capinera, C.W. Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida 102   >> Melanoplus puer
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 132, Plate 27 >> Melanoplus puer
  • Otte, D. 2012. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 138(1-2):158 >> Note: Puer Group >> Melanoplus puer
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southeastern U.S.A., Florida, Orange County, Fort Reed
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

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