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Subspecies

Melanoplus keeleri luridus (Dodge, 1876)

Broad-necked Locust
Melanoplus keeleri luridus (Dodge, 1876): Fig. 88. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Melanoplus keeleri luridus (Dodge, 1876): Fig. 88. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (21)

  • Caloptenus [sic] luridus Dodge, 1876: 11.

    Syntype; a4007621-ce70-47fc-b5fd-730f739115e0; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Nebraska

  • Melanoplus collinus Scudder, 1878: 284, 285.

    Holotype; male; 4aa9647b-8a1e-4e7b-8b9f-baef4854f776; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Vermont

  • Melanoplus keeleri luridus (Dodge, 1876) in Bland, 2003: 97.
  • Melanoplus keeleri luridus (Dodge, 1876) in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 85.

References (20)

  • Dodge, G.M. (1876) New species of Acridini from Nebraska. The Canadian Entomologist, 8(1), 9–12. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22083#page/19/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1878) Remarks on Caloptenus and Melanoplus, with a notice of the species found in New England. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 281–286. [1876] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130632#page/293/mode/1up
  • Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173
  • Beutenmüller, W. (1894) Descriptive catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York City. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 6(Article XII), 253–316, plates V-X. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1570
  • Scudder, S.H. (1896) The Rocky Mountain Locust and its allies in Canada. Annual report of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 26, 62–66.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1903) The Orthoptera of Indiana. Annual Report of the Department of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana [Orthoptera of Indiana], 27, 123–471. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36406
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Morse, A.P. (1920) Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and their allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 35(6), 197–556, 20 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=jf5RAAAAMAAJ
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • 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
  • Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299
  • Slifer, E.H. (1954) The variation in size and pattern of the heat-sensitive areas in Melanoplus keeleri luridus (Dodge), males (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 47(2), 235–264.
  • 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. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/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
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subspecies1034