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Melanoplus texanus

Description

Melanoplus texanus, the Texas spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1699337https://www.gbif.org/species/1699337
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : Melanoplus : Melanoplus texanus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
superorderOrthopteridaBoudreaux 1979
orderOrthopteraOlivier 1789
suborderCaeliferaAnder 1936
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
-Acridomorpha
superfamilyAcridoideaLatreille 1802
familyAcrididaeLatreille 1802
subfamilyMelanoplinaeScudder 1897
tribeMelanopliniScudder 1897
genusMelanoplusStål 1873
speciesMelanoplus texanusScudder & S.H. 1878
Generic NameMelanoplus
Scientific NameMelanoplus texanus (Scudder & S.H., 1878)
Name Published InScudder, S.H. 1878. A Century of Orthoptera, Decades VIII, IX and X. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 20:63-95
Type SpecimenPezotettix texanus Scudder, 1878
Designated ByScudder, S.H. 1878. A Century of Orthoptera, Decades VIII, IX and X. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 20:63-95
Type Information SourceOrthoptera Species File
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoplus_texanus

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Pezotettix texanus Scudder & S.H., 1878GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Orthoptera : Acrididae : Melanoplus : Pezotettix texanus

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):160 - via Orthoptera Species File
Scudder, S.H. 1878. A Century of Orthoptera, Decades VIII, IX and X. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 20:69 - 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):324-325 - via Orthoptera Species File
Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Hilliard Jr. 2001. Two new grasshopper species in the texanus group of the genus Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) with biological notes on the group . Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 127(1):34 - 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):1-421 - via Catalogue of Life
Scudder, S.H. (1878) A Century of Orthoptera, Decades VIII, IX and X: Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 20:63-95 - via Catalogue of Life
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