Orthoptera Species File
species

Melanoplus alpinus Scudder, 1897

Alpine Grasshopper

Nomenclature (17)

  • Melanoplus alpinus Scudder, 1897: 333.
  • Melanoplus pilatus Scudder, 1899: 192-194.
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  • Melanoplus alpinus Scudder, 1897 in Johnson, 2002: 18.
  • Melanoplus alpinus Scudder, 1897 in VanDyke, Lockwood & Kazmer, 2004: 205.

Nomenclature references (15)

  • Alexander, G. & Hilliard, J.R., Jr. (1969) Altitudinal and seasonal distribution of Orthoptera in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado. Ecological Monographs, 39, 385–431.
  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
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  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • Helfer, J.R. (1953) In How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies. W.M.C. Brown Company Publishers.
  • Johnson, D.L. (2002) Spur-throated grasshoppers of the Canadian prairies and northern Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, 8, 16–25. Available at http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/ID_Tools/nat_guides/spurthgh.pdf
  • Kreasky, J.B. (1960) Extended diapause in eggs of high-altitude species of grasshopppers, and a note on food plant preferences of Melanoplus bruneri. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 53, 436–438.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1962) Melanoplus alpinus in California (Orthoptera: Acrididae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 38, 167–168. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/226203#page/201/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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1899) Supplement to a revision of the Melanopli. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 7, 157–205. [1897] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50099#page/175/mode/1up
  • 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
  • VanDyke, K.A., Lockwood, J.A. & Kazmer, D.J. (2004) Association of genetic lineages with ecological features in a polyphagous montane grasshopper species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 13(2), 205–209. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282004%29013%5B0205%3AAOGLWE%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1983) A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 13(1), I-IV, i-xxii, 1–679.
  • 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

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