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species Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898

• Common name(s):  Island Locust
• Images: (17) See all images
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Blatchley. 1898. Psyche 8(269):196   >> Melanoplus islandicus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:53911
  • Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida 388   >> Melanoplus islandicus
  • Hebard. 1932. Tech. Bull. Minnesota Agric. Expt. Sta. 85:34 >> Melanoplus mancus islandicus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:53912
  • Hebard. 1937. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 63(2):163   >> Note: Mancus Group >> Melanoplus islandicus
  • Cantrall. 1943. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. 54:110   >> Melanoplus islandicus
  • Brooks, A.R. 1958. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 90(9):28 >> Melanoplus islandicus
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1967. Proc. Ent. Soc. Ontario 97:47   >> Melanoplus islandicus
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1986. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada 14:388   >> Melanoplus islandicus
  • Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets 97 >> Melanoplus islandicus
  • Kirk, K. & Bomar. 2005. Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin 84 >> Melanoplus islandicus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Northeastern U.S.A., Michigan, La Salle Island
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Specimen category:   multiple males, multiple females
  • Location of type:  PURC West Lafayette

• synonym abortivus Walker, 1898

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