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Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878

Blue-legged Locust

Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878: male (about 4.5 miles east of Ellsworth, Nebraska, 18 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878: male (about 4.5 miles east of Ellsworth, Nebraska, 18 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878: nymph (east of Ellsworth, Nebraska, 26 June 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878: Fig. 74. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; male; 7fc1f260-d99e-4314-a7a5-30b1887ee42e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Colorado: Jefferson: Morrison

Nomenclature (33)

  • Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878: 74.

    Syntype; male; 7fc1f260-d99e-4314-a7a5-30b1887ee42e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Colorado: Jefferson: Morrison

  • Melanoplus cenchri McNeill, 1891: 74.

    Syntype; 8181ec22-0b13-48bf-ba34-f58221a7227a; United States: Illinois: Rock Island: Sand Hill - Moline

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  • Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878 in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 266.
  • Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878 in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 226.

Nomenclature references (28)

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  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Two new species of Melanoplus Stål, 1873 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from northeastern Mexico. Zootaxa, 3669(3), 261–286.
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  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) In Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México. 388 pp.
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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.
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  • Hubbell, T.H. & Ortenburger, A.I. (1926) Notes on Oklahoma Orthoptera with a list of species from the state. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, 6, 149–183. Available at http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OAS/article/download/2438/2135
  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 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. (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
  • 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
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