species

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897

Green-legged Locust

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897: pair from Harms Woods Forest Preserve, Glenview, Cook County, Illinois (June 18, 2007). (Otu).

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897: female (about 2.5 miles west of Amberg, Wisconsin, 4 July 2019). (Otu).

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897: male (west of Wausaukee, Wisconsin off Nejedlo Road, 17 June 2017). (Otu).

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897: Fig. 1. male. (Otu).

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897: Geographic distribution. (Otu).

Nomenclature (13)

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897: 255.
Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897 in Rehn & Hebard, 1912: 83.
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Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897 in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 91.
Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897 in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 144.

Nomenclature references (13)

Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
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
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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

Hebard, M. (1920) New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 46, 355–403. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4256_004#page/35/mode/1up

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

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.

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

Otte, D. (1970) A comparative study of communicative behavior in grasshoppers. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 141, 1–168. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56385

Otte, D. (2002) Studies of Melanoplus. 1. Review of the Viridipes group (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 11(2), 91–118. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282002%29011%5B0091%3ASOMROT%5D2.0.CO%3B2

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

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

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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Green-legged.

Stats

	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	1	2