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species Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919

• Common name(s):  Santa Lucia Spur-throat Grasshopper
• Links:
  • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Hebard. 1919. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 45:282-285   >> Melanoplus hesperus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:54231
  • Thompson, R.M. & G.M. Buxton. 1964. Occ. Pap. Bur. Ent. Calif. Dept. Agric. 5:43 >> Melanoplus hesperus
  • Otte, D. 2012. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 138(1-2):116 >> Note: Melanoplus marginatus group >> Melanoplus hesperus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, Southwestern U.S.A., California, San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

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