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family Acrididae MacLeay, 1821
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subfamily Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897
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tribe Melanoplini Scudder, 1897

genus Melanoplus Stål, 1873

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Nomenclatural details: Nomen protectum (Nomen oblitum is Monopterus)
Distribution:
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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