species

Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897

Pasture Grasshopper; Little Pasture Locust

Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897: male (west of Wausaukee, off Nejedlo Road 17 June 2017). (Otu).

Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897: pair (about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 18 June 2020). (Otu).

Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897: Fig. 85. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Lectotype; male; af20e1c4-7404-4dd4-9b12-05b312695c50; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Kentucky: Munsons Hill

Nomenclature (27)

Caloptenus [sic] minor Scudder, 1875: 478. (homonym)
Holotype; male; 34efc4be-3cf0-4167-95c6-b014e3e10088; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Nebraska
Caloptenus [sic] minor Scudder, 1875 in Scudder, 1878: 84.
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Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 119, Plate 26.
Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897 in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 76.

Nomenclature references (24)

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Bland, R.G. (2003) In The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. 220 pp.
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Blatchley, W.S. (1920) In 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

Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.

Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299

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

Caudell, A.N. (1916) Notes on some United States grasshoppers. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 49, 25–31. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53483#page/101/mode/1up

Guenther, S.J. & Chapco, W. (1990) Amorphometric analysis of Melanoplus females (Orthoptera: Acrididae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 66(1), 39–42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/252465#page/41/mode/1up

Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.

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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

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.

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

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Scudder, S.H. (1875) A Century of Orthoptera Decade III Acrydii (Pezotettix, Caloptenus). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 472–478. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofbos17bostuoft

Scudder, S.H. (1878) A Century of Orthoptera, Decades VIII, IX and X. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 20, 63–95. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130654#page/81/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

Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/mode/1up
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