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Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898

Island Locust
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: male (about 2 miles west of Amberg, Wisconsin, 25 July 2016). (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: male (about 2 miles west of Amberg, Wisconsin, 25 July 2016). (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: female genitalia. (Otu).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898: 196.

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; eacf9bba-a185-4a25-9ec6-3b082dcccdf0; deposited at: Purdue University (PURC); United States: Michigan: Mackinac: La Salle Island. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 3a39b52b-3766-4a7a-a9ad-584b2992ee7c; deposited at: Purdue University (PURC); United States: Michigan: Mackinac: La Salle Island

  • Melanoplus abortivus Walker, 1898: 90.

    Syntype; male; 3a8cce13-f94e-4d95-8727-acf0a5c2a34b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Canada: Ontario. Syntype; female; f9306b39-a624-4b02-a37b-d7275aed7e84; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Canada: Ontario

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  • Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898 in Bland, 2003: 97.
  • Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898 in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 84.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • 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. (1898) Two new Melanopli from Les Cheneaux Islands, Michigan. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 8(269), 195–197. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44238#page/219/mode/1up
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  • 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
  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1932) The Orthoptera of Minnesota. Technical Bulletin of the Minnesota Agricultural Experimental Station, 85.
  • Hebard, M. (1937) New genera and species of the Melanopli found within the United States and Canada (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Parts X to XV. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 63(2), 147–173. Available at http://chla.library.cornell.edu/c/chla/browse/title/5077659.html
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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
  • Walker, E.M. (1898) A new grasshopper from Ontario. The Canadian Entomologist, 30(4), 90–92. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88677#page/112/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

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