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Melanoplus

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Description

Melanoplus is a large genus of grasshoppers. They are the typical large grasshoppers (and in some cases migratory "locusts") in North America. A common name is spur-throat grasshoppers (also "spurthroat" or "spur-throated grasshoppers"), but this more typically refers to members of the related subfamily Catantopinae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoplus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1698834	https://www.gbif.org/species/1698834
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	194031	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=194031

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : Melanoplus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Polyneoptera	Martynov 1938
superorder	Orthopterida	Boudreaux 1979
order	Orthoptera	Olivier 1789
suborder	Caelifera	Ander 1936
infraorder	Acrididea	MacLeay 1821
-	Acridomorpha
superfamily	Acridoidea	Latreille 1802
family	Acrididae	Latreille 1802
subfamily	Melanoplinae	Scudder 1897
tribe	Melanoplini	Scudder 1897
genus	Melanoplus	Stål 1873

Scientific Name

Melanoplus Stål, 1873

Name Published In

Recens. Orth., 1: 79

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Melanoplus	genus	belongs to Melanoplini	stated with evidence	Zeuner, 1941

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (75%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Type Specimen

Acrydium femur-rubrum De Geer, 1773

Designated By

Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):498

Type Information Source

Orthoptera Species File

Environment

terrestrial (based on Caelifera)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Caelifera)

Vision

well-developed (based on Caelifera)

Diet

grazer, herbivore (based on Caelifera)

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Caelifera)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Caelifera)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. E. Zeuner. 1941. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part I, Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 8:510-522

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoplus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Melanoplus ablutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus acidocercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus acrophilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus adapi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus adelogyrus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus adox species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus aix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus alabamae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus alector species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus alexanderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus alpinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus altitudinum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus andreasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus angularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus angustipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus apache species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus apalachicolae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus arcanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus aridus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus arizonae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus arkansas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus artemesiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus artemisiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ascensor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ascensus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus aspasmus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus aster species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus atangi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus attenuatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bakeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus baldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus baronei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus beameri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus benni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bernardinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus betangi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus billyharrisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus birchimi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bispinosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bivittatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bohemani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bonita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus boulderensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bowditchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus bruneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus buxtoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus calidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cameronis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cancri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cantralli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus carharti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus carinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus carnegiei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus caroli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus carolinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus carrabellae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cedarense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus celatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus chattahoochee species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cherokee species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus chichimecus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus childsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus chimariki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus chiricahuae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus chumash species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cimatario species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cinereus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus clypeatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cohni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus complanatipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus confusus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus coreyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus culebra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cumbres species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus cuneatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus daemon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus dakini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus davisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus dawsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus debilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus deceptus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus decoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus decorus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus decurvus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus delano species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus desultorius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus devastator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus devius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus diablo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus differentialis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Melanoplus digitifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus dimidipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus diminutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus discolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus divergens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus dodgei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus douglasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus eccentricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus edeva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus elaphrus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus elater species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus elkhornense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus empusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus eremitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus eumera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus eurycercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus fasciatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus femurnigrum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus femurrubrum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus flabellatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus flavidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus flechado species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus foedus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus folkertsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus forcipatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus foxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus franciscanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus francisdrakei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus francoisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus fricki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus frigidus species	listed (PBDB)	Narrow-winged Locust	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Melanoplus fultoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus furcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus gaspesiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus gladstoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus glaucipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus glymma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus goedeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus gordonae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus gothicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus gracilipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus gurneyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus haigi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus harperi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus hatu species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus herbaceus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus hesperus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus hilliardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus hinei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus hubbelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus hupah species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus huporeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus huroni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus idaho species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus illash species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus immunis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus impudicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus imtenda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus imto species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus inconspicuus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus indicifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus indigens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus infantilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ingrami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus irwinorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus islandicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ixalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus jakei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus janus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus jenniferae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus jessicae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus jillae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus juvencus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus kasadi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus keeleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus keiferi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus kendalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus kennicottii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus kissimmee species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus knowlesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lakinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lanthanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lapollai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus latah species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus latifercula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus latus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus laurelae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lemhiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lemurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lepidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ligneolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lilianae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lithophilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus littoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lolo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus longicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus longipsolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus longunaus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus lovetti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ludivinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus macclungi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus madeleineae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus magdalenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mancus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mantua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus marginatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus marshallii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mastigiphallus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mcnaryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus meridae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus meridionalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mexicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus microtatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus middlekauffi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mirus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mississippi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus missoulae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mixes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus mogollona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus molothrus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus montanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus morsei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus muricolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus murieta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus muscogee species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus nanciae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus nanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus napa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus neomexicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus nigrescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus nitidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus nossi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus novato species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus nubilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus nufioi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus oaxacae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus obespsolus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus obex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus occidentalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ohadi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus oklahomae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus olamentke species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus optimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ordwayae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus oregonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus oregonis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus oreophilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ostentus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ottei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ouachita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ourayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ozarkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pachycercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus packardii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pahgre species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus papoosense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus papyraedus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus parvus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus payettei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus peatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pegasus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus peninsularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus perezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus phobetico species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus picropidzae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pinaleno species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pinicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus platycercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus plebejus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus ponderosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus prescotti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus primaestivus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus propinquus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus puer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus punctulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pygmaeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus pyro species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus quercicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus querneus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus reflexus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus regalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus rehni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus relictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus rentzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus repetinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus reyesensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus rileyanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus rosor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus rotundipennis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus rugglesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus rusticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus salmonis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus saltator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sanguinipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus savannah species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus scapularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus scitulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus scudderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sebringi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus seltzerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus seminole species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus serrulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus shoshoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus similis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus siskiyou species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus snowii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sol species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus solitarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus solitudinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sonomaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus spearmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus splendidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus spretus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Rocky Mountain Locust	2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Melanoplus stegocercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus stipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus stonei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus strumosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus stupefactus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sumichrasti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sutanex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sylvaticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus sylvestris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus symmetricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus taurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tendoyense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tepidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tequestae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus terminalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus texanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus texarkana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus texensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus thomasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tincupense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus torridus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus trachodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus triangularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tribuloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tribulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus trigeminus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus trinitense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tristis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus truncatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tumidicercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus tunicae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus turnidicercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus typicalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus uinta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus utahensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus validus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus viola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus virgatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus viridipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus vulnus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus wai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus walshii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus wappo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus warneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus washingtonius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus wilsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus wintunus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus withingtoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus withlacoocheensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus xenus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus yarrowii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus zabro species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus zento species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melanoplus zeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Monopterus Fischer von Waldheim, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : *Monopterus*
Aeoloplus Scudder, 1897	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : *Aeoloplus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1873	Melanoplus Stal p. 79
1941	Melanoplus Zeuner
2012	Melanoplus Eades et al.

References

Zeuner F. E. (1941) The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part I, Catantopinae, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 8, 510-522

Eades D. C., Otte D., et al (2012) , Orthoptera Species File Online

Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Bruner, L. 1908. Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2:317 - via Orthoptera Species File

Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova) 2 13(33):146 - via Orthoptera Species File

Chapco & Litzenberger. 2002. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the grasshopper genus Melanoplus Stal (Orthoptera: Acrididae) - an update. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 11(1):1-9 - via Orthoptera Species File

Guenther, S.J. & Chapco. 1990. Amorphometric analysis of Melanoplus females (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 66(1):39-42 - via Orthoptera Species File

Gurney & P.A. Buxton. 1968. Grasshoppers of the genus Karokia and of the saltator, immunis, and harperi species groups of the genus Melanoplus in California and Oregon (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Occasional Papers of the Bureau of Entomology (Occ. Pap. Bur. Ent. Calif. Dept. Agric.) 13:10, 22, 32 - via Orthoptera Species File

Gurney. 1977. Taxonomic status of the genus Melanoplus, with special reference to the montanus species-group. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina (Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent.) 36(1-4):85-87 - via Orthoptera Species File

Handford. 1946. The identification of nymphs of the genus Melanoplus of Manitoba and adjacent areas. Sci. Agric. 26:147-180 - via Orthoptera Species File

Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):509 - via Orthoptera Species File

Scudder, S.H. 1878[1876-1878]. Brief notice of the American species of Melanoplus found west of the one hundred and seventeenth meridian. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 19:286-290 - via Orthoptera Species File

Scudder, S.H. 1897. Revision of the Orthopteran group Melanopli (Acrididae) with special reference to North American forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum (Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus.) 20 (1124):13, 120 - via Orthoptera Species File

Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1983. A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory (Lyman ent. Mus. Res. Lab.) 13(1):754 - via Orthoptera Species File

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Barrientos Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez & Horta-Vega. 2013. Two new species of Melanoplus Stål, 1873 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from northeastern Mexico. Zootaxa 3669(3):262 - via Orthoptera Species File

Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad 1:232[246] - via Orthoptera Species File

Carstens & L.L. Knowles. 2007. Estimating species phylongeny from gene-tree probabilities despite incomplete lineage sorting: An example from Melanoplus grasshoppers. Syst. Biol. 56:400-411 - via Orthoptera Species File

Chang, K.S.F. 1940. The group Podismae from China (Acrididae, Orthoptera). Notes d'Entomologie Chinoise, Musée Heude (Notes Ent. Chinoise) 7:31-97, 3 pls. - via Orthoptera Species File

Defaut & Morichon. 2015. Criquets de France (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Faune de France, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris 97(1a,b):238 - via Orthoptera Species File

Hubbell. 1932. A revision of the Puer group of the North American genus Melanoplus, with remarks on the taxonomic value of the concealed male genitalia on the Cyrtacanthacrineae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool.) 23:64 pp. - via Orthoptera Species File

Knowles, L.L. 2000. Tests of Pleistocene speciation in montane grasshoppers (genus Melanoplus) from the Sky Islands of western North America. Evolution 54(4):1337-1348 - via Orthoptera Species File

Otte, D. 1995. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 4:367 - via Orthoptera Species File

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 835 Melanoplus Stål, 1873, Acrydium Femurrubrum de Geer, 1773, and Gryllus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798 (Insecta, Orthoptera): added to the Official Lists.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24, 329-330 (1968) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

SN2000/Otte, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Chapco, Kuperus & Litzenberger. 1999. Molecular phylogeny of melanopline grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae): the genus Melanoplus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer.) 92(5):617-623 - via Orthoptera Species File

Hebard. 1934. The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History (Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist.) 20:190 - via Orthoptera Species File

Johnson, D.L. 2002. Spur-throated grasshoppers of the Canadian prairies and northern Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands 8:16-25 - via Orthoptera Species File

Kevan, D.K.M. & Vickery. 1965. Melanoplus Stål, 1873, Acrydium femurrubrum DeGeer, 1773, and Gryllus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798 (Insecta: Orthoptera); proposed additions to the official list. Z.N.(S.) 1695. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 22:105-107 - via Orthoptera Species File

Mistshenko. 1965[1952]. Locusts and Grasshoppers. Fauna of the U.S.S.R. 419[378] - via Orthoptera Species File

Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey (Bull. Calif. Insect Surv.) 10:36 - via Orthoptera Species File

Stål. 1873. Acridiodea. Recencio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg, Stockholm 1:79 - via Orthoptera Species File

Stål. 1876. Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des acridiodées de la faune européenne. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.) 4(5):32 - via Orthoptera Species File

Tarbinsky. 1948. Order Orthoptera (Saltatoria). Keys to insects of European part of USSR [Opredelitel' nasekomykh Evropeiskoi chasti SSSR] 110, 111 - via Orthoptera Species File

Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 395 - via Orthoptera Species File

Fontana & Buzzetti. 2007. New or little known Mexican Melanoplinae (Orthoptera Acridinae). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati (Atti Acc. Rov. Agiati) 8 7(B):76 - via Orthoptera Species File

Knowles, L.L. & D. Otte. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer.) 93(3):421-431 - via Orthoptera Species File

Knowles, L.L. 2001. Genealogical portraits of speciation in montane grasshoppers (genus Melanoplus) from the sky islands of the Rocky Mountains. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 268(1464):319-324 - via Orthoptera Species File

Miram. 1933. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad No. 38:39, 40 - via Orthoptera Species File

Otte, D. 2002. Studies of Melanoplus. 1. Review of the Viridipes group (Acrididae:Melanoplinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 11(2):91-118 - via Orthoptera Species File

Otte, D. 2012. Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 138(1-2):73-167 - via Orthoptera Species File

Scudder, S.H. 1897. Guide to the genera and classification of North American Orthoptera found north of Mexico, Cambridge, Mass. 47 - via Orthoptera Species File

Recensio Orth., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Holst, K. Th. (1986) The Saltatoria (Bush-cricktes, crickets and grasshoppers) of Northern Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavia, Volume 16, E. J. Brill/Scandianavian Science Press Ltd. Köpenhamn - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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