Species

Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919

Santa Lucia Spur-throat Grasshopper

Nomenclature (3)

Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919: 282-285.
Holotype; male; 4c1d0c3d-9e75-4620-998f-d83cb44c173f; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo
Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919 in Thompson & Buxton, 1964: 43.

Hebard, M. (1919) New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States (Orth. Acrididae). Part II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 45, 257–298. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4255_003#page/73/mode/1up
Otte, D. (2012) Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 138(1-2), 73–167.

Thompson, R.M. & Buxton, G.M. (1964) An index of the Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of California, with selected references. Occasional Papers of the Bureau of Entomology, 5, 1–62.

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	0	1