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Taxa hierarchy
subfamily
Melanoplinae
Scudder, 1897
tribe
Melanoplini
Scudder, 1897
genus
Melanoplus
Stål, 1873
synonym
Monopterus
Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54006
Nomenclatural details: Nomen oblitum (Nomen protectum is
Melanoplus
), Not
Monopterus
of Lacepède 1800 (fish)
Citations:
Fischer von Waldheim. 1846. Nouv. mem. Soc. Imp. natur. Moscou 8:252
>>
Monopterus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54006
Storozhenko. 1994[1993]. Articulata 8(2):20
>> Note: synonym, Monopterus gracilis Fischer-Waldheim, 1846 (= Gryllus frigidus Boheman, 1846) as type species, by monotypy >>
Monopterus
Defaut. 2008[2007]. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques 12:6 >> Note: synonym, invalid name because it is a homonym of Monopterus Lacepède >>
Melanoplus
Scrutiny:
Eades, 2002, Depending on type species and lectotype designations, this could be a senior synonym of Melanoplus, Podismopsis or Chrysochraon.
Type species information not available.
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
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