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Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949

Nevada Sage Grasshopper
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: geographic distribution. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2765678; CNCI 311928, 031b8c4f-da92-4cd7-b775-43d01e37508b: Melanoplus rugglesi. Dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2765678; CNCI 311928, 031b8c4f-da92-4cd7-b775-43d01e37508b: Melanoplus rugglesi. Lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2765678; CNCI 311928, 031b8c4f-da92-4cd7-b775-43d01e37508b: Melanoplus rugglesi. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949: 268.

    Holotype; male; e451bae4-1c31-40d8-afa5-821fcfb50a02; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Oregon: Harney: Skull Creek Canyon, 20 mi N of Fields

  • Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949 in Strohecker, Middlekauff & Rentz, 1968: 54.
  • Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949 in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 425.
  • Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949 in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 131.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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.
  • Gurney, A.B. (1949) Melanoplus rugglesi, a migratory grasshopper from the Great Basin of North America (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 51, 267–272. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54666#page/299/mode/1up
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

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