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Subspecies

Melanoplus sanguinipes defectus Scudder, 1897

Nomenclature (9)

  • Melanoplus defectus Scudder, 1897: 177.
  • Melanoplus defectus Scudder, 1897 in Rehn & Hebard, 1906: 408.
  • Melanoplus sanguinipes defectus Scudder, 1897 in Strohecker, Middlekauff & Rentz, 1968: 55.
  • Melanoplus bilituratus vulturnus Gurney & Brooks, 1959 (subjective synonym of Melanoplus defectus Scudder, 1897) in Otte, 1995: 394.

References (7)

  • 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
  • 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. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(1), 60–128. Available at http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca64acad/page/60/mode/2up
  • Gurney, A.B. & Brooks, A.R. (1959) Grasshoppers of the Mexicanus Group, genus Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 110, 1–93. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53298#page/9/mode/1up
  • Gurney, A.B. (1962) On the name of the migratory grasshopper of the United States and Canada, Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.) (Orthoptera; Acrididae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 75, 189–192. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107533#page/555/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
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subspecies1034