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Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878

Packard's Locust

Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: Fig. 146 (after Bruner). male (body length 22-30 mm). (Otu).
Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: Fig. 146 (after Bruner). male (body length 22-30 mm). (Otu).
Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: (Otu).
Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: male. (Otu).

Nomenclature (23)

  • Caloptenus [sic] fasciatus Scudder, 1875: 477. (homonym)

    Syntype; male; 87a8b5a2-189f-4409-a3a4-9a5d48b32840; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas

  • Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878
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  • Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878 in Brust, Lindroth, Hoback, Wright, Hanford & Foster, 2010
  • Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878 in Brust, Bomar & Harman, 2025: 145.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • 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.
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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
  • Brust, M.L., Lindroth, E.J., Hoback, W.W., Wright, R.J., Hanford, K. & Foster, J.E. (2010) Morphological and genetic analyses in the Melanoplus packardii group (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19(2), 281–288. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.019.0215
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
  • 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
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. (1889) On the variation of insects. Summary and remarks on colour varieties. The Entomologist, 22, 125–127. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42364#page/151/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) The Orthoptera of Kansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 83, 119–227. [1931]
  • Hebard, M. (1935) Studies in Orthoptera of Arizona. Part II. A list of the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Arizona with new records and corrections of the literature subsequent to 1900. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 61(3), 269–316. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4271_003#page/119/mode/1up
  • Hubbell, T.H. & Ortenburger, A.I. (1926) Notes on Oklahoma Orthoptera with a list of species from the state. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 6, 149–183. Available at http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OAS/article/download/2438/2135
  • Johnson, D.L. (2002) Spur-throated grasshoppers of the Canadian prairies and northern Great Plains. Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands, 8, 16–25. Available at http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/ID_Tools/nat_guides/spurthgh.pdf
  • Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.
  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) A new Melanoplus from New Jersey. Entomological News, 15(3), 85–87. [1903] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79435#page/101/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. & Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 9, 1–60. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88768#page/23/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1875) A Century of Orthoptera Decade III Acrydii (Pezotettix, Caloptenus). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 472–478. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofbos17bostuoft
  • 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
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf
  • 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
  • Vickery, V.R. (1979) Notes on some Canadian Acrididae (Orthoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 111(6), 699–702.

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