Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male. (Otu).;Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male. (Otu).;Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; male; 55122213-01ee-49a1-b99f-7de29bf0ddaa; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas

Nomenclature (4)

  • Pezotettix texanus Scudder, 1878: 69.

    Syntype; male; 55122213-01ee-49a1-b99f-7de29bf0ddaa; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas

  • Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878) in Scudder, 1897: 324-325.
  • Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878) in Hilliard, 2001: 34.
  • Melanoplus texanus (Scudder, 1878) in Otte, 2012: 160.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Hilliard, J.R., Jr. (2001) Two new grasshopper species in the texanus group of the genus Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) with biological notes on the group. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 127(1), 31–68.
  • Otte, D. (2012) Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 138(1-2), 73–167.
  • 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
  • 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
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivetexanus, texana, texanum
Etymology:

After distribution in Texas.

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