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Melanoplus scudderi
| Description | Melanoplus scudderi, or Scudder's short-wing 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_scudderi, 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 scudderi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Melanoplus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Uhler. 1864. Orthopterological Contributions. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia (Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad.) 2:543-555 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Scudder's Short-winged Locust | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoplus_scudderi |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Pezotettix unicolor C.Thomas, 1873 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : Melanoplus : Pezotettix unicolor |
| Pezotettix scudderi Uhler, 1864 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : Melanoplus : Pezotettix scudderi |
| Podisma scudderi Morse, 1906 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : Melanoplus : Podisma scudderi |
References
| 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 |
| Uhler (1864) Orthopterological Contributions: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia (Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad.) 2:543-555 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, London 4:605-809 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1911[1910]. Preliminary studies of North Carolina Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 62:633 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Uhler. 1864. Orthopterological Contributions. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia (Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad.) 2:555 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1986. The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The insects and arachnids of Canada 14:380 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 138, Plate 29 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Capinera, Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida, University of Florida Press, Gainesville 111 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Hill, J.G. 2015. Revision and biogeography of the Melanoplus scudderi species group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) with a description of 21 new species and establishment of the carnegiei and davisi species groups. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 141:267 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1905[1904]. The Orthoptera of Thomas County, Georgia, and Leon County, Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 56:790 - 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):212 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, London 4:718 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida, Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis 394 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Morse. 1920. Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and their allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 35(6):520 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Beutenmüller. 1894. Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.) 6(Article XII):309 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets, Michigan State University Extension 100 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Hart, C.A. 1906. Notes of a winter trip to Texas, with an annotated list of the Orthoptera. Entomological News (Entomol. News) 17:158 - 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.) 20:194 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Kirk, K. & Bomar. 2005. Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison 89 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Morse. 1904. Researches on North American Acrididae. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication (Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ.) 18:45 - via Orthoptera Species File |
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!
