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Taxa hierarchy
tribe
Melanoplini
Scudder, 1897
genus
Melanoplus
Stål, 1873
species group
rileyanus
species
Melanoplus
platycercus
Hebard, 1920
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:462001
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Hebard. 1920. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 46:377-379
>>
Melanoplus
platycercus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54300
Gurney. 1960. Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington 62(3):164
>> Note: rileyanus group >>
Melanoplus
platycercus
Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. Bull. Calif. Insect Surv. 10:53
>>
Melanoplus
platycercus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., California, Inyo County, Lone Pine Canyon
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: ANSP Philadelphia
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