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Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873)

Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): female. (Otu).
Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873): male genitalia. (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Platyphyma montana Thomas, 1873: 155.

    Holotype; male; 1a619bc1-65e9-42a6-9583-9ef1eeb7241f; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States: Montana

  • Melanoplus montana (Thomas, 1873) in Scudder, 1897: 232-233.
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  • Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873) in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 389.
  • Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873) in Otte, 2012: 130.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • Hebard, M. (1927) Fixation of the single types of species of Orthoptera described by Cyrus Thomas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 79, 1–11.
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  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • Hebard, M. (1935) New genera and species of the Melanopli found within the United States and Canada (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Parts V and VI. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 60(4), 337–390. [1934] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4270_004#page/25/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (2012) Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 138(1-2), 73–167.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1906) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Montana, Yellowstone Park, Utah and Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 58, 358–418. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30129
  • 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
  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part I: Synopsis of the Acrididae of North America. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 1–190. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/13/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

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