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Species

Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872)

Flabellate Grasshopper
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): female (about 13 miles north of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 6 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): female (about 13 miles north of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, 6 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male (about 9 miles north of Bridgeport, Nebraska, 16 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872): male genitalia. (Otu).

Nomenclature (33)

  • Caloptenus [sic] occidentalis Thomas, 1872: 453.
  • Caloptenus [sic] occidentalis Thomas, 1872 in Thomas, 1878: 484.
  • Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872) in Pfadt, 1988
  • Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 130, Plate 27.

References (25)

  • Thomas, C. (1872) Notes on the saltatorial Orthoptera of the Rocky Mountain regions. In Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and Portions of Adjacent Territories; being a Fifth Annual Report of Progress. Vol. 5, pp. 423–466, 2 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=NgdSAAAAcAAJ
  • 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
  • Thomas, C. (1878) On the Orthoptera collected by Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A., in Dakota and Montana during 1873-74. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4, 481–502. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98470#page/505/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1893) A list of Nebraska Orthoptera. Publications of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 3, 19–33. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5KwWAQAAIAAJ
  • 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. & 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
  • 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
  • Bruner, L. (1904) Some new Colorado Orthoptera. Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station, 94, 57–67.
  • 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
  • Bruner, L. (1908) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 249–342. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1908) An orthopterological reconnaissance of the southwestern United States. Part I: Arizona. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 60, 365–402. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30138
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1918) New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States (Orthoptera: Acridiidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 44(2), 141–169. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4254_002#page/39/mode/1up
  • Buckell, E.R. (1924) Additions and corrections to the list of British Columbia Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, 21, 7–12. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44236#page/939/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1925) The Orthoptera of South Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 77, 33–155.
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Fixation of the single types of species of Orthoptera described by Cyrus Thomas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 79, 1–11.
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • Hebard, M. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.
  • Hebard, M. (1935) Studies in Orthoptera of Arizona. Part II. A list of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Arizona with new records and corrections of the literature subsequent to 1900. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61(3), 269–316. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4271_003#page/119/mode/1up
  • Slifer, E.H. (1943) The internal genitalia of some previously unstudied species of female Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of Morphology (Philadelphia), 72(2), 225–237.
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1948) Faunistic and ecological studies on the Orthoptera of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas, with especial reference to the orthopteran zones and faunae of midwestern North America. The American Midland Naturalist, 40, 521–663. [1949]
  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • 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
  • Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056