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Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872)

Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872): pair at Lake Annie, Modoc County, California. (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872): pair at Lake Annie, Modoc County, California. (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872): male (about 13 miles north of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 6 July 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872): nymph (about 9 miles north of Bridgeport, Nebraska, 26 June 2020). (Otu).
Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872): nymph (about 9 miles north of Bridgeport, Nebraska, 26 June 2020). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1533420; 0cd5b85f-edd9-4030-8c46-2a7c41240ec9: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (lectotype of Hesperotettix meridionalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533420; 0cd5b85f-edd9-4030-8c46-2a7c41240ec9: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (lectotype of Hesperotettix meridionalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533420; 0cd5b85f-edd9-4030-8c46-2a7c41240ec9: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (lectotype of Hesperotettix meridionalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533420; 0cd5b85f-edd9-4030-8c46-2a7c41240ec9: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view (lectotype of Hesperotettix meridionalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533420; 0cd5b85f-edd9-4030-8c46-2a7c41240ec9: Image Carbonell, C.S. [mirror image?]. male, dorsal view (lectotype of Hesperotettix meridionalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533420; 0cd5b85f-edd9-4030-8c46-2a7c41240ec9: Image Carbonell, C.S. [mirror image?]. male, frotal view (lectotype of Hesperotettix meridionalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533420; 0cd5b85f-edd9-4030-8c46-2a7c41240ec9: Image Carbonell, C.S. label (lectotype of Hesperotettix meridionalis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564560; NMW 20396, 840a55cc-5093-4dc6-bf7c-e368577feffd: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (syntype of Hesperotettix viridis festivus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564560; NMW 20396, 840a55cc-5093-4dc6-bf7c-e368577feffd: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view (syntype of Hesperotettix viridis festivus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564560; NMW 20396, 840a55cc-5093-4dc6-bf7c-e368577feffd: Image Carbonell, C.S. labels (syntype of Hesperotettix viridis festivus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564561; NMW 20396', 4fff7d98-dc51-438d-a7ba-1cace3f46f3b: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (syntype of Heperotettix vidiris festivus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564561; NMW 20396', 4fff7d98-dc51-438d-a7ba-1cace3f46f3b: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (syntype of Hesperotettix viridis festivus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564561; NMW 20396', 4fff7d98-dc51-438d-a7ba-1cace3f46f3b: Image Carbonell, C.S. labels (syntype of Hesperotettix viridis festivus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (39)

  • Caloptenus [sic] viridis Thomas, 1872: 450.

    Syntype; male; ae79dc67-e431-4d17-adab-07ceb93bf8dd; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Colorado

  • Hesperotettix meridionalis Scudder, 1897: 59.
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  • Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 218-219.
  • Hesperotettix viridis viridis (Thomas, 1872) in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 146.

Nomenclature references (31)

  • Apple, J.L., Grace, T., Joern, A., St. Amand, P. & Wisely, S.M. (2010) Comparative genome scan detects host-related divergent selection in the grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis. Molecular Ecology, 19(18), 4012–4028.
  • Barnum (1964) Orthoptera of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, 4(3), 134 pp.
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  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Medina, R.F. & Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y. (2009) Contribution to geographic distribution of some Mexican Melanoplinae and description of a new species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 37–50. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0101
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
  • Bruner, L. (1908) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 249–342. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
  • 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
  • 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
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
  • Caudell, A.N. (1903) Notes on Orthoptera from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 26, 775–809, Plate 55. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32571#page/903/mode/1up
  • Chapco, W. (2006) A note on the phylogenetic position of Duartettix montanus within the subfamily Melanoplinae. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 59–63. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B59%3AANOTPP%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M. & Mariño-Pérez, R. (2008) In Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide. World Biodiversity Association, Verona, Italy. 1–272 pp. Available at http://biodiversityassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Grasshoppers-Locusts-Crickets-Katydids-Of-Mexico.pdf
  • Grace, T., Joern, A., Apple, J.L., Brown, S.J. & Wisely, S.M. (2009) Highly polymorphic microsatellites in the North American Snakeweed Grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 19–21. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0111
  • Hebard, M. (1917) Notes on Mexican Melonopli. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 69, 251–275. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofacad69acad
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Fixation of the single types of species of Orthoptera described by Cyrus Thomas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 79, 1–11.
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • Hebard, M. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.
  • Hebard, M. (1935) Studies in Orthoptera of Arizona. Part II. A list of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Arizona with new records and corrections of the literature subsequent to 1900. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61(3), 269–316. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4271_003#page/119/mode/1up
  • Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1906) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Montana, Yellowstone Park, Utah and Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 58, 358–418. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30129
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(1), 60–128. Available at http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca64acad/page/60/mode/2up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) Notes on Orthoptera from Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 562–575. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096#page/612/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Notes on Orthoptera from southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 59, 24–81. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=DY9l7J6HxsAC
  • Richman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Sutherland, C.A. & Ferguson, J.W.H. (1993) A manual of the grasshoppers of New Mexico, Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae. New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service Handbook, 7, 1–112. Available at http://nmsu.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/AgCircs/id/63174
  • Rivera García, E. (2006) An annotated checklist of some orthopteroid insects of Mapimi Biosphere Reserve (Chihuahuan desert), Mexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, nueva serie, 22(3), 131–149. Available at http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57522311
  • Roberts, H.R. (1947) Revision of the Mexican Melanoplini (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae) Part I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 99, 201–230. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=o5P3gOQM-LMC
  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 9, 1–60. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88768#page/23/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf
  • Sword, G.A., Joern, A. & Senior, L.B. (2005) Host plant-associated genetic differentiation in the snakeweed grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Molecular Ecology, 14, 2197–2205.
  • Thomas, C. (1872) Notes on the saltatorial Orthoptera of the Rocky Mountain regions. In Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and Portions of Adjacent Territories; being a Fifth Annual Report of Progress. Vol. 5, pp. 423–466, 2 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=NgdSAAAAcAAJ
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1948) Faunistic and ecological studies on the Orthoptera of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas, with especial reference to the orthopteran zones and faunae of midwestern North America. The American Midland Naturalist, 40, 521–663. [1949]

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