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Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878

Little Spurthroated Grasshopper
Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878: female (Pleasant Ridge Road, about 4 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska, 19 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878: female (Pleasant Ridge Road, about 4 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska, 19 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878: male (Pleasant Ridge Road, about 4 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska, 19 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878: male (Pleasant Ridge Road, about 4 miles north of Harrison, Nebraska, 19 July 2020). (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878: 65-67.

    Holotype; male; 00cd0054-961e-4603-be8d-ad079c1d48ad; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Colorado: Park: South Park

  • Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878 in Caudell, 1903: 803.
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  • Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878 in Johnson, 2002: 22.
  • Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 127, Plate 25.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • 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.
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  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • 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
  • Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.
  • 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
  • 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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