| | | Kind of type | Full locality |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Northwestern U.S.A., Colorado, Prowers County: Lamar |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | North-Central U.S.A., Oklahoma, Grady County: Minco |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | North-Central U.S.A., Oklahoma, Payne County: Stillwater |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | North-Central U.S.A., Oklahoma, Payne County: Stillwater |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Northwestern U.S.A., Colorado, Larimer County: Fort Collins |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | Northwestern U.S.A., Colorado, Weld County: La Salle |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | North-Central U.S.A., Oklahoma |
| | | [not recorded as a type] | North-Central U.S.A., Oklahoma |
| | | syntype of subspecies Melanoplus bowditchi bowditchi Scudder, 1878; lectotype of subspecies Melanoplus bowditchi bowditchi Scudder, 1878 | Northwestern U.S.A., Colorado, Pueblo County: Pueblo |