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Nomenclature (3)

  • Melanoplus delaware Hebard, 1935: 359. (valid in Mwamukonda & Hill, 2025: 628)

    Holotype; male; c26d2869-8c34-41eb-8d61-f8a70cc976f0; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Virginia: Bath: Warm Springs Mtn, Flag Rock Pass, 6 Jul

  • Melanoplus delaware Hebard, 1935 (synonym of Melanoplus tribulus Morse, 1904) in Otte, 1995: 397.
  • Melanoplus delaware Hebard, 1935 in Mwamukonda & Hill, 2025: 628.

References (3)

  • Hebard, M. (1935) New genera and species of the Melanopli found within the United States and Canada (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Parts V and VI. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 60(4), 337–390. [1934] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4270_004#page/25/mode/1up
  • Mwamukonda, J. & Hill, J.V.G. (2025) Revision and biogeography of the Tribulus group (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae, Melanoplus) and establishment of the Rusticus group with a description of four new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 151(3), 611–672. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.151.0306
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001