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Melanoplus ligneolus
| Description | Melanoplus ligneolus, the wood-colored 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_ligneolus, 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 ligneolus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Melanoplus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Melanoplus ligneolus Scudder & S.H., 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Scudder, S.H. 1899[1897-1899]. Supplement to a revision of the Melanopli. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.) 7:157-205 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoplus_ligneolus |
References
| 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):116 - 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):89 - 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.) 10:50 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Hebard. 1919. New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States (Orth. Acrididae). Part II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 45:283 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1909. An orthopterological reconnoisance of the southwest United States. Part III: California and Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 61:472 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Scudder, S.H. 1899[1897-1899]. Supplement to a revision of the Melanopli. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.) 7:188 - via Orthoptera Species File |
| Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Scudder, S.H. (1899[1897-) Supplement to a revision of the Melanopli: Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences (Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci.) 7:157-205 - 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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