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Species

Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875)

Dawson Grasshopper; Dawson's Locust
Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875): female, long-winged morph (off Ditch Creek Road, near Deerfield Reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 25 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875): female, long-winged morph (off Ditch Creek Road, near Deerfield Reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota, 25 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875): 5th-instar nymph (about 5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 18 June 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875): Fig.138 (after Lugger). male (body length 14-17 mm). (Otu).
Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875): Fig. 58. left tegmen. (Otu).
Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875): Fig. 71. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875): Fig. 137. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (29)

  • Pezotettix dawsoni Scudder, 1875: 343.

    Holotype; female; 4b9bcd9d-bb8c-4787-b7e1-c266f27a5e70; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Canada: Manitoba: Souris River

  • Pezotettix tellustris Scudder, 1876: 502.

    Holotype; female; a0b6e190-dfce-432a-8490-530a2ff1e52b; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: New Mexico: Rio Arriba: Northern New Mexico

  • Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875) in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 37, 77.
  • Melanoplus dawsoni (Scudder, 1875) in Hill, 2015: 297.

References (28)

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  • Scudder, S.H. (1876) Appendix H9. Report on the Orthoptera collected under the direction of Lieut. G. M. Wheeler, during the season of 1875. Ann. Rep. Chief Engineer's U.S. Geogr. Surv. W. of 100th Merid., Appendix JJ, 498–515.
  • Dodge, G.M. (1877) New species of Orthoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 9(6), 111–113. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22110#page/143/mode/1up
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  • Osborn, H. (1892) On the orthopterous fauna of Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 1(2), 116–120.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1896) The Rocky Mountain Locust and its allies in Canada. Annual report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 26, 62–66.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) List of exotic Orthoptera described by S. H. Scudder, 1868-1879, with a revision of their nomenclature. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 27(12), 201–218. [1896] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/257772#page/321/mode/1up
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  • 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

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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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Species1056