Subspecies

Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878

Packard's Locust

Melanoplus packardii packardii Scudder, 1878: (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

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

References (20)

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Hebard, M. (1932) The Orthoptera of Kansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 83, 119–227. [1931]

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Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.

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

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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

Pfadt, R.E. (1988) Field guide to common western grasshoppers. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin, 912, 1–25 + 68 pp.

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

Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.

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
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

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Subspecies	1	0	3	4