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Subfamily

Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897

Type

type genus of Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897

Nomenclature (43)

  • Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 in Scudder, 1896
  • Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897

    type genus Melanoplus Stål, 1873

  • Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 in Scattolini, Lira Noriega & Cigliano, 2020
  • Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 in Hill, 2025: 77.

References (39)

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Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subfamily1012
Tribe60915
Subtribe3025
Infratribe2002
Genus151052203
Subgenus5049
Superspecies510960
Species131418542169
Subspecies1280266394