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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864)

Scudder's Short-winged Locust
Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864): pair from Duke Forest, Durham County, North Carolina (October 1, 2004). (Otu).
Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864): pair from Duke Forest, Durham County, North Carolina (October 1, 2004). (Otu).
Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864): Fig. 64. left tegmen. (Otu).
Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864): Fig. 67. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (24)

  • Pezotettix scudderi Uhler, 1864: 555.
  • Podisma scudderi (Uhler, 1864) in Walker, 1870: 718.
  • Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864) in Huang, Hill, Ortego & Knowles, 2020
  • Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 144.

References (22)

  • Uhler, P.R. (1864) Orthopterological Contributions. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 2, 543–555. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofent02ento
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part I: Synopsis of the Acrididae of North America. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 1–190. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/13/mode/1up
  • Beutenmüller, W. (1894) Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 6(Article XII), 253–316, plates V-X. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1570
  • 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, 20(1124), 1–421. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/revisionoforthop00scudrich
  • Morse, A.P. (1904) Researches on North American Acrididae. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 18, 56 pp., 8 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Ub0GAAAAYAAJ
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1905) The Orthoptera of Thomas County, Georgia, and Leon County, Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 774–802. [1904] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096
  • Hart, C.A. (1906) Notes of a winter trip to Texas, with an annotated list of the Orthoptera. Entomological News, 17, 154–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2562864
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1911) Preliminary studies of North Carolina Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 62, 615–650. [1910] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84751#page/631/mode/1up
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis, 781 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16768
  • Morse, A.P. (1920) Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and their allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 35(6), 197–556, 20 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=jf5RAAAAMAAJ
  • Hubbell, T.H. & Ortenburger, A.I. (1926) Notes on Oklahoma Orthoptera with a list of species from the state. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 6, 149–183. Available at http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OAS/article/download/2438/2135
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (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, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scherer, C.W. & Squitier, J.M. (2001) Grasshoppers of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 131 pp. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/ghopper.html
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.
  • Kirk, K. & Bomar, C.R. (2005) Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. In Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison.
  • Hill, J.V.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, 141, 252–350. Available at http://bioone.org/journals/transactions-of-the-american-entomological-society/volume-141/issue-2/061.141.0201/Revision-and-Biogeography-of-the-Melanoplus-scudderi-Species-group-Orthoptera/10.3157/061.141.0201.short
  • Huang, J.P., Hill, J.V.G., Ortego, J. & Knowles, L.L. (2020) Paraphyletic species no more - genomic data resolve a Pleistocene radiation and validate morphological species of the Melanoplus scudderi complex (Insecta: Orthoptera). Systematic Entomology, 45(3), 594–605 and Supporting Information.
  • Brust, M.L., Bomar, C.R. & Harman, A.J. (2025) Updated county-level distribution records for Wisconsin short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae and Romaleidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.124604

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045