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Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870)

Huckleberry Locust; Huckleberry Grasshopper

Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): Fig. 77. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): Fig. 92. furcula of male. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870): male genitalia. (Otu).

Nomenclature (45)

  • Caloptenus [sic] fasciatus Walker, 1870: 680.
  • Melanoplus rectus Scudder, 1878: 43,44.

    Holotype; male; a813d29a-d2ef-4b40-a2e2-a32fe7207569; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire

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  • Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870) in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 79.
  • Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870) in Haberski, Woller & Sikes, 2021: 39.

Nomenclature references (32)

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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
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  • 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
  • Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173
  • Fieber, F.X. (1853) Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos, Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften. Herausgegeben vom naturhistorischen Vereine Lotos in Prag, 3, 90–104, 115–129, 138–154, 168–176, 184–188, 201–207, 232–238, 252–261. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42805#page/108/mode/1up
  • Haberski, A., Woller, D.A. & Sikes, D.S. (2021) Orthoptera of Alaska: A photographic key, new records, and synonymy of Melanoplus gordonae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 44, 1–52. Available at http://biologicalsurvey.ca/ejournal/hws_44/cjai_2021_44.pdf
  • Hebard, M. (1925) The Orthoptera of South Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 77, 33–155.
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • 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.
  • McNeill, J. (1899) Arkansas Melanopli III. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 8(278), 366–371. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44238#page/418/mode/1up
  • Morse, A.P. (1894) Wing-length in some New England Acridiidae II. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 7, 53–55. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42913#page/69/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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. (1901) Random notes on North American Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27, 331–337. [1900] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4237_004#page/58/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1952) Some records of Alaskan Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Entomological News, 63(2), 29–33. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20188#page/411/mode/1up
  • 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. (1878) Remarks on Caloptenus and Melanoplus, with a notice of the species found in New England. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 281–286. [1876] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130632#page/293/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
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  • 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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  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
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Descendants and synonyms

  • Melanoplus fasciatus (Walker, 1870)
    • =Melanoplus alleni Scudder, 1897
    • =Melanoplus baconi McNeill, 1899
    • =Melanoplus curtus Scudder, 1878
    • =Melanoplus rectus Scudder, 1878
    • =Melanoplus volaticus Scudder, 1897
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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