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Melanoplus pictus
| Description | Melanoplus pictus, the pictured spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoplus_pictus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : Melanoplus : Melanoplus pictus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Melanoplus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Melanoplus pictus Scudder & S.H., 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | 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):1-421 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoplus_pictus |
References
| Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):510 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1912. Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 64(1):79 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Rehn, J.A.G. 1907. Notes on Orthoptera from southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 59:77 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Scudder, S.H. 1897. The species of the genus Melanoplus. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc.) 36(154):18 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Scudder, S.H. 1901[1899]. Catalogue of the described Orthoptera of the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.) 8:62 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Hebard. 1935. Studies in Orthoptera of Arizona. Part I and Part II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 61:305 - 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 4:389, 401 - 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):156 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Yin, X.-C. & R.L. Smith. 1989. Three new grasshoppers from western United States. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 65(2):168 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| 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):1-421 - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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