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genus Melanoplus Stål, 1873

• Nomenclatural details:   Nomen protectum (Nomen oblitum is Monopterus)
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (35):
  • Stål. 1873. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1:79   >> Melanoplus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:53823
  • Scudder, S.H. 1878[1876-1878]. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 19:286-290 >> Melanoplus
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33):146   >> Melanoplus
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 20(1124):13, 120   >> Melanoplus
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897. Guide to the genera and classification of North American Orthoptera found north of Mexico 47   >> Note: Acridiidae: Acridiinae: Group Melanopli >> Melanoplus
  • Bruner, L. 1908. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2:317   >> Melanoplus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):509   >> Melanoplus
  • Hubbell. 1932. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. 23:509   >> Melanoplus
  • Miram. 1933. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries No. 38:39, 40 >> Melanoplus
  • Hebard. 1934. Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist. 20:190   >> Melanoplus
  • Handford. 1946. Sci. Agric. 26:147-180 >> Melanoplus
  • Tarbinsky. 1948. Keys to insects of European part of USSR [Opredelitel' nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR] 110, 111 >> Melanoplus
  • Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1:232 [246]   >> Melanoplus
  • Mistshenko. 1965[1952]. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. 419 [378] >> Melanoplus
  • Kevan, D.K.M. & Vickery. 1965. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 22:105-107   >> Melanoplus
  • Gurney & P.A. Buxton. 1968. Occ. Pap. Bur. Ent. Calif. Dept. Agric. 13:10, 22, 32 >> Melanoplus
  • Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 10:36   >> Note: key to species >> Melanoplus
  • Harz. 1975. Ser. Entomol. 11:244 >> Melanoplus
  • Gurney. 1977. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 36(1-4):85-87   >> Melanoplus
  • Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1983. Lyman ent. Mus. Res. Lab. 13(1):754 >> Melanoplus
  • Guenther, S.J. & Chapco. 1990. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 66(1):39-42   >> Melanoplus
  • Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:367 >> Melanoplus
  • Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera) 395 >> Melanoplus
  • Chapco, Kuperus & Litzenberger. 1999. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 92(5):617-623 >> Melanoplus
  • Knowles, L.L. 2000. Evolution 54(4):1337-1348 >> Melanoplus
  • Knowles, L.L. & D. Otte. 2000. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 93(3):421-431 >> Melanoplus
  • Knowles, L.L. 2001. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 268(1464):319-324   >> Melanoplus
  • Otte, D. 2002. Jour. Orth. Res. 11(2):91-118   >> Melanoplus
  • Johnson, D.L. 2002. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands 8:16-25   >> Melanoplus
  • Chapco & Litzenberger. 2002. Jour. Orth. Res. 11(1):1-9 >> Melanoplus
  • Carstens & L.L. Knowles. 2007. Syst. Biol. 56:400-411 >> Melanoplus
  • Fontana & Buzzetti. 2007. Atti Acc. Rov. Agiati 8 7(B):76   >> Melanoplus
  • Otte, D. 2012. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 138(1-2):73-167 >> Melanoplus
  • Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez & Horta-Vega. 2013. Zootaxa 3669(3):262 >> Melanoplus
  • Defaut & Morichon. 2015. Faune de France 97(1a,b):238 >> Melanoplus
• Type species:  Acrydium femur-rubrum De Geer (= Melanoplus femurrubrum), by subsequent designation; authority:  Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):674 pp.
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Melanopli Scudder, S.H., 1897.

• synonym Aeoloplus Scudder, 1897
• synonym Monopterus Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
• nomen dubium basifer (Walker, 1870)
• nomen dubium unguicercus Deyrup, 1995
• nomen nudum crux Knowles & Otte, 2000
• nomen nudum moyense Knowles & Otte, 2000
• nomen nudum truchensis Knowles & Otte, 2000
• nomen nudum viridulus (McNeill, 1891)
• species group aridus (Scudder, 1878)
• species aridus (Scudder, 1878)
• species desultorius Rehn, 1907
• species group artemisiae Scudder, 1897
• species artemisiae Scudder, 1897
• species carharti McNary, 2018
• species cedarense Otte, 2012
• species lanthanus Hewitt & Skoog, 1970
• species lemhiensis Hebard, 1935
• species tendoyense Otte, 2012
• species trigeminus Strohecker, 1963
• species group bivittatus (Say, 1825)
• species bivittatus (Say, 1825)
• species yarrowii (Thomas, 1875)
• species group carnegiei Morse, 1904
• species acidocercus Hebard, 1919
• species carnegiei Morse, 1904
• species carolinensis Hill, 2015
• species chattahoochee Hill, 2015
• species savannah Hill, 2015
• species group davisi (Hebard, 1918)
• species davisi (Hebard, 1918)
• species quercicola (Hebard, 1918)
• species group discolor (Scudder, 1878)
• species balcones Hill, 2023
• species comanche Hill, 2023
• species corniculatus Hill, 2023
• species discolor (Scudder, 1878)
• species kendalli Otte, 2012
• species nelsoni Hill, 2023
• species susdentatus Hill, 2023
• species tonkawa Hill, 2023
• species walkeri Hill, 2023
• species group dodgei (Thomas, 1871)
• species adapi Otte, 2012
• species altitudinum (Scudder, 1878)
• species atangi Otte, 2012
• species betangi Otte, 2012
• species bohemani (Stål, 1878)
• species boulderensis Otte, 2012
• species culebra Otte, 2012
• species cumbres Otte, 2012
• species delano Otte, 2012
• species dodgei (Thomas, 1871)
• species douglasi Otte, 2012
• species flechado Otte, 2012
• species glymma Otte, 2012
• species gothicus Otte, 2012
• species hatu Otte, 2012
• species nufioi Otte, 2012
• species ourayensis Otte, 2012
• species pahgre Otte, 2012
• species wai Otte, 2012
• species group femurnigrum Scudder, 1899
• species apache Otte, 2012
• species carinae Otte, 2012
• species chiricahuae Hebard, 1922
• species empusa Otte, 2012
• species femurnigrum Scudder, 1899
• species janus Otte, 2012
• species magdalenae Hebard, 1935
• species mogollona Otte, 2012
• species pinaleno Hebard, 1937
• species prescotti Otte, 2012
• species snowii Scudder, 1897
• species truncatus Scudder, 1899
• species withingtoni Otte, 2012
• species group flabellatus (Scudder, 1878)
• species adox Otte, 2012
• species arcanus Otte, 2012
• species aster Otte, 2012
• species flabellatus (Scudder, 1878)
• species mastigiphallus Strohecker, 1941
• species rosor Otte, 2012
• species zabro Otte, 2012
• species group gracilis (Bruner, 1876)
• species gracilis (Bruner, 1876)
• species group harperi Gurney & Buxton, 1965
• species harperi Gurney & Buxton, 1965
• species group immunis Scudder, 1899
• species ablutus Scudder, 1899
• species calidus Scudder, 1899
• species caroli Gurney & Helfer, 1960
• species immunis Scudder, 1899
• species lovetti Fulton, 1930
• species rehni Hebard, 1920
• species wilsoni Gurney, 1960
• species group indigens Scudder, 1897
• species ascensor (Scudder, 1897)
• species digitifer Hebard, 1936
• species indigens Scudder, 1897
• species knowlesi Otte, 2012
• species marshallii (Thomas, 1875)
• species missoulae Hebard, 1936
• species oregonensis (Thomas, 1875)
• species payettei Hebard, 1936
• species picropidzae Hebard, 1937
• species triangularis Hebard, 1928
• species group keiferi Gurney & Buxton, 1963
• species chimariki Gurney & Buxton, 1963
• species keiferi Gurney & Buxton, 1963
• species lithophilus Gurney & Buxton, 1965
• species group lepidus Scudder, 1897
• species lepidus Scudder, 1897
• species olamentke Hebard, 1920
• species solitudinis Hebard, 1935
• species group mancus (Smith, 1868)
• species celatus Morse, 1904
• species divergens Morse, 1904
• species islandicus Blatchley, 1898
• species lindemanni Hill, 2020
• species mancus (Smith, 1868)
• species serrulatus Hebard, 1937
• species sylvestris Morse, 1904
• species group marginatus (Scudder, 1876)
• species andreasi Otte, 2012
• species aspasmus Hebard, 1919
• species birchimi Rentz, 1978
• species chumash Rentz, 1978
• species diablo Rentz, 1978
• species edeva Rentz, 1978
• species francisdrakei Otte, 2012
• species fricki Strohecker, 1960
• species fultoni Hebard, 1922
• species gracilipes Scudder, 1897
• species hesperus Hebard, 1919
• species huporeus Hebard, 1919
• species jakei Otte, 2012
• species jenniferae Otte, 2012
• species jessicae Otte, 2012
• species jillae Otte, 2012
• species lapollai Otte, 2012
• species laurelae Otte, 2012
• species ligneolus Scudder, 1899
• species longipsolus Rentz, 1978
• species marginatus (Scudder, 1876)
• species mcnaryi Otte, 2012
• species microtatus Hebard, 1919
• species middlekauffi Rentz, 1978
• species muricolor Strohecker, 1960
• species nanus Scudder, 1899
• species napa Otte, 2012
• species novato Rentz, 1978
• species obespsolus Rentz & Weissman, 1981
• species rentzi Otte, 1995
• species reyesensis Rentz, 1978
• species sonomaensis Caudell, 1905
• species spearmani Otte, 2012
• species wappo Rentz, 1978
• species group mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)
• species mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)
• species group montanus (Thomas, 1873)
• species aix Otte, 2012
• species alector Otte, 2012
• species baldi Otte, 2012
• species eccentricus Otte, 2012
• species elkhornense Otte, 2012
• species huroni Blatchley, 1898
• species idaho Hebard, 1935
• species illash Otte, 2012
• species ixalus Otte, 2012
• species latah Otte, 2012
• species lemurus Otte, 2012
• species lolo Otte, 2012
• species molothrus Otte, 2012
• species montanus (Thomas, 1873)
• species obex Otte, 2012
• species ohadi Otte, 2012
• species oregonis Otte, 2012
• species oreophilus Hebard, 1920
• species papoosense Otte, 2012
• species papyraedus Strohecker, 1963
• species phobetico Otte, 2012
• species pyro Otte, 2012
• species repetinus Hebard, 1935
• species salmonis Hebard, 1935
• species shoshoni Otte, 2012
• species sol Otte, 2012
• species stipes Otte, 2012
• species tincupense Otte, 2012
• species trinitense Otte, 2012
• species washingtonius (Bruner, 1885)
• species xenus Otte, 2012
• species zeus Otte, 2012
• species group packardii Scudder, 1878
• species foedus Scudder, 1878
• species packardii Scudder, 1878
• species stonei Rehn, 1904
• species group ponderosus (Scudder, 1875)
• species carrabellae Otte, 2012
• species clypeatus (Scudder, 1877)
• species eumera Hebard, 1920
• species furcatus Scudder, 1897
• species peatus Otte, 2012
• species ponderosus (Scudder, 1875)
• species symmetricus Morse, 1904
• species viola Thomas, 1876
• species zento Otte, 2012
• species group puer (Scudder, 1878)
• species bonita Otte, 2012
• species foxi Hebard, 1923
• species kissimmee Otte, 2012
• species peninsularis Hubbell, 1932
• species puer (Scudder, 1878)
• species seminole Hubbell, 1932
• species group punctulatus (Uhler, 1862)
• species macclungi Rehn, 1946
• species punctulatus (Uhler, 1862)
• species splendidus Hebard, 1920
• species group reflexus Scudder, 1897
• species bakeri Hebard, 1932
• species chichimecus Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007
• species cimatario Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007
• species meridionalis Scudder, 1897
• species reflexus Scudder, 1897
• species scitulus Scudder, 1897
• species solitarius Buzzetti, Barrientos-Lozano & Fontana, 2010
• species trachodes Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, 2013
• species group rileyanus Scudder, 1897
• species platycercus Hebard, 1920
• species rileyanus Scudder, 1897
• species group saltator Scudder, 1897
• species ascensus Scudder, 1899
• species saltator Scudder, 1897
• species validus Scudder, 1899
• species group sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798)
• species borealis (Fieber, 1853)
• species bruneri Scudder, 1897
• species devastator Scudder, 1878
• species femurrubrum (De Geer, 1773)
• species mantua Otte, 2012
• species perezi Otte, 2012
• species propinquus Scudder, 1897
• species sanguinipes (Fabricius, 1798)
• species †spretus (Walsh, 1866)
• species stupefactus (Scudder, 1876)
• species uinta Otte, 2012
• species utahensis Scudder, 1897
• species group scudderi (Uhler, 1864)
• species arkansas Hill, 2015
• species baronei Hill, 2015
• species cohni Hill, 2015
• species coreyi Hill, 2015
• species decurvus Hill, 2015
• species folkertsi Hill, 2015
• species francoisensis Hill, 2015
• species irwinorum Hill, 2015
• species latus Morse, 1906
• species mississippi Hill, 2015
• species muscogee Hill, 2015
• species optimus Hill, 2015
• species ottei Hill, 2015
• species ouachita Hill, 2015
• species ozarkensis Hill, 2015
• species relictus Hill, 2015
• species scudderi (Uhler, 1864)
• species seltzerae Hill, 2015
• species taurus Hill, 2015
• species texarkana Hill, 2015
• species texensis Hart, 1906
• species group tequestae Hubbell, 1932
• species childsi Otte, 2012
• species sebringi Otte, 2012
• species tequestae Hubbell, 1932
• species group texanus (Scudder, 1878)
• species alexanderi Hilliard, 2001
• species angularis Little, 1932
• species dakini Hilliard, 2001
• species hilliardi Otte, 2012
• species imtenda Otte, 2012
• species imto Otte, 2012
• species inconspicuus Caudell, 1902
• species oklahomae Hebard, 1937
• species sutanex Otte, 2012
• species texanus (Scudder, 1878)
• species warneri Little, 1929
• species group tribulus Morse, 1904
• species billyharrisi Hill, 2015
• species decoratus Morse, 1904
• species morsei Blatchley, 1903
• species nossi Hill, 2014
• species rusticus (Stål, 1878)
• species tepidus Morse, 1906
• species tribuloides Morse, 1906
• species tribulus Morse, 1904
• species vulnus Eades, 1959
• species group viridipes Scudder, 1897
• species acrophilus Hebard, 1935
• species beameri Hebard, 1932
• species benni Otte, 2002
• species cherokee Hebard, 1935
• species deceptus Morse, 1904
• species eurycercus Hebard, 1920
• species hubbelli Hebard, 1935
• species lilianae Otte, 2002
• species longicornis (Saussure, 1861)
• species pachycercus Hebard, 1935
• species similis Morse, 1904
• species sylvaticus McNeill, 1899
• species viridipes Scudder, 1897
• species adelogyrus Hubbell, 1932
• species alabamae Hebard, 1920
• species alpinus Scudder, 1897
• synonym pilatus Scudder, 1899
• species angustipennis (Dodge, 1877)
• synonym coccineipes Scudder, 1897
• synonym comptus Scudder, 1897
• synonym impiger Scudder, 1897
• species apalachicolae Hubbell, 1932
• species arizonae Scudder, 1878
• synonym palmeri Scudder, 1897
• synonym sanguineus Bruner, 1904
• synonym scitus Scudder, 1902
• species attenuatus Scudder, 1897
• species bernardinae Hebard, 1920
• species bispinosus Scudder, 1897
• species bowditchi Scudder, 1878
• subspecies bowditchi Scudder, 1878
• subspecies canus Hebard, 1925
• species buxtoni Strohecker, 1963
• species cameronis Roberts, 1947
• species cancri Scudder, 1897
• species cantralli Dakin, 1966
• species cinereus Scudder, 1878
• subspecies cinereus Scudder, 1878
• subspecies cyanipes Scudder, 1897
• subspecies dealbatus Scudder, 1899
• species complanatipes Scudder, 1897
• subspecies canonicus Scudder, 1897
• subspecies complanatipes Scudder, 1897
• species confusus Scudder, 1897
• synonym minor (Scudder, 1875)
• synonym mutatus Caudell, 1916
• species cuneatus Scudder, 1897
• species daemon Strohecker, 1963
• species dawsoni (Scudder, 1875)
• synonym abditum (Dodge, 1877)
• synonym acutus Scudder, 1899
• synonym completus Scudder, 1897
• synonym tellustris (Scudder, 1876)
• species debilis Scudder, 1899
• species decorus Scudder, 1897
• species devius Morse, 1904
• species differentialis (Thomas, 1865)
• subspecies differentialis (Thomas, 1865)
• subspecies nigricans Cockerell, 1917
• species dimidipennis Bruner, 1904
• species diminutus Scudder, 1897
• species elaphrus Strohecker, 1963
• species elater Strohecker, 1963
• species eremitus Strohecker, 1963
• species fasciatus (Walker, 1870)
• synonym alleni Scudder, 1897
• synonym baconi McNeill, 1899
• synonym curtus Scudder, 1878
• synonym rectus Scudder, 1878
• synonym volaticus Scudder, 1897
• species flavidus Scudder, 1878
• synonym cenchri McNeill, 1891
• synonym elongatus Scudder, 1897
• synonym incisus Scudder, 1899
• species forcipatus Hubbell, 1932
• species franciscanus Scudder, 1899
• species gaspesiensis Vickery, 1970
• species gladstoni Scudder, 1897
• synonym bicoloratus Scudder, 1902
• synonym compactus Scudder, 1897
• synonym conspersus Scudder, 1897
• synonym corpulentus Scudder, 1897
• species glaucipes (Scudder, 1875)
• species goedeni Gurney & Buxton, 1968
• species gurneyi Strohecker, 1960
• species haigi Gurney & Buxton, 1968
• species herbaceus Bruner, 1893
• synonym brownii Caudell, 1902
• synonym flavescens Scudder, 1897
• species hinei Thomas, 1930-1939
• species hupah Strohecker & Helfer, 1963
• species impudicus Scudder, 1897
• species indicifer Hubbell, 1933
• synonym insignis Hubbell, 1932
• species infantilis Scudder, 1878
• species ingrami Hill, 2010
• species juvencus Scudder, 1897
• species kasadi Gurney & Buxton, 1968
• species keeleri Thomas, 1874
• subspecies keeleri Thomas, 1874
• subspecies luridus (Dodge, 1876)
• species kennicottii Scudder, 1878
• synonym nubicola (Scudder, 1897)
• species lakinus (Scudder, 1878)
• synonym marculentus Scudder, 1897
• synonym sonorae Scudder, 1897
• species latifercula Caudell, 1903
• species littoralis Roberts, 1942
• species ludivinae Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
• species madeleineae Vickery & Kevan, 1977
• species meridae Roberts, 1942
• species mirus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
• species mixes Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
• species murieta Rentz, 1978
• species nanciae Deyrup, 1997
• species neomexicanus Scudder, 1902
• species nigrescens (Scudder, 1877)
• species nitidus Scudder, 1897
• species nubilus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
• species oaxacae Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
• species occidentalis (Thomas, 1872)
• synonym brevipennis Bruner, 1904
• synonym flabellifer Scudder, 1878
• synonym variolosus Scudder, 1878
• species ordwayae Deyrup, 1997
• species ostentus Gurney & Buxton, 1968
• species parvus Barrientos-Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, 2013
• species pegasus Hebard, 1919
• species pictus Scudder, 1897
• species pinicola Fulton, 1930
• species plebejus (Stål, 1878)
• synonym pupaeformis (Scudder, 1878)
• species primaestivus Dakin, 1966
• species pygmaeus Davis, 1915
• species querneus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
• species regalis (Dodge, 1876)
• synonym crassus (Scudder, 1902)
• synonym picturatus Bruner, 1908
• species rotundipennis (Scudder, 1878)
• synonym inops Scudder, 1897
• species rugglesi Gurney, 1949
• species scapularis Rehn & Hebard, 1916
• species siskiyou Strohecker, 1963
• species stegocercus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
• species strumosus Morse, 1904
• species sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861)
• subspecies sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861)
• subspecies vicinulus Roberts, 1942
• species terminalis Scudder, 1897
• species thomasi Scudder, 1897
• species torridus Roberts, 1947
• species tristis Bruner, 1904
• species tuberculatus Morse, 1906
• species tumidicercus Hubbell, 1932
• species tunicae Hebard, 1920
• species virgatus Scudder, 1897
• species walshii Scudder, 1897
• synonym amplectens Scudder, 1897
• synonym blatchleyi Scudder, 1897
• synonym occidentalis (Bruner, 1876)
• species wintunus Strohecker & Helfer, 1963
• species withlacoocheensis Squitier & Deyrup, 1998

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