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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897

Walsh's Locust
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: Fig. 140 (after Lugger). male (body length 19-25 mm). (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: Fig. 140 (after Lugger). male (body length 19-25 mm). (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: Fig. 83. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: Fig. 90. furcula of male. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: female. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: female. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: Geographic distribution. (Otu).

Nomenclature (23)

  • Pezotettix occidentalis Bruner, 1876: 124. (homonym)

    Syntype; 248408d4-b2a6-43ae-b83b-948c48cc0e15; United States: Nebraska: Douglas: Omaha

  • Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897: 235.
  • Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897 in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 92.
  • Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897 in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 144.

References (13)

  • Bruner, L. (1876) New species of Nebraska Acrididae. The Canadian Entomologist, 8(5), 123–125. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22083#page/133/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
  • Morse, A.P. (1904) Researches on North American Acrididae. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 18, 56 pp., 8 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Ub0GAAAAYAAJ
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1911) Preliminary studies of North Carolina Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 62, 615–650. [1910] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84751#page/631/mode/1up
  • 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. & Hebard, M. (1916) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the coastal plains and piedmont region of the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 68, 87–314. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79453#page/95/mode/1up
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • 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.
  • Brust, M.L., Bomar, C.R. & Harman, A.J. (2025) Updated county-level distribution records for Wisconsin short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae and Romaleidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 143–149. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.124604

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034