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Species

Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897

Bruner Spurthroated Grasshopper; Bruner's Locust; Bruner's Grasshopper
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).;Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).;Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).

Nomenclature (33)

  • Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897: 164-166. (valid)
  • Melanoplus alaskanus Scudder, 1897: 132, 169.
  • Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897 in Kirk & Bomar, 2005: 75.
  • Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897 in Haberski, Woller & Sikes, 2021: 38.

References (22)

  • 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
  • Walker, E.M. (1901) Notes on some Ontario Acridiidae Part IV (continued from Vol XXXI p. 36). The Canadian Entomologist, 33(1), 20–23. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88722#page/32/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
  • Walker, E.M. (1902) A Preliminary List of Acridiidae of Ontario. The Canadian Entomologist, 34(10), 251–258. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=BLBMAAAAMAAJ
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) Notes on Orthoptera from Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 562–575. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096#page/612/mode/1up
  • Walker, E.M. (1910) The Orthoptera of Western Canada. The Canadian Entomologist, 42(8-11), 269–276, 293–300, 333–340, 351–356. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22086#page/289/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hebard, M. (1925) The Orthoptera of South Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 77, 33–155.
  • Chopard, L. (1928) La faune des Orthoptères des montagnes des Etats-Unis et ses rapports avec la faune paléarctique. In Contribution à l'étude du peuplement des hautes montagnes. Societé de Biogéographie, Paris. Vol. 2, 142–149. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k64170790/f150.image
  • Hebard, M. (1928) The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 80, 211–306.
  • Brooks, A.R. (1958) Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 90(9), 5–92.
  • 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
  • Kreasky, J.B. (1960) Extended diapause in eggs of high-altitude species of grasshopppers, and a note on food plant preferences of Melanoplus bruneri. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 53, 436–438.
  • 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. (1967) The Orthoptera of Alaska, Yukon, and the Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 93, 249–278.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1983) A monograph of the orthopteroid insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Memoirs of the Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, 13(1), I-IV, i-xxii, 1–679.
  • 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. (1997) Chapter 10. Orthopteroids (Orthopteroidea) of the Yukon. In Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada. 223–239 pp. Available at http://biologicalsurvey.ca/monographs/read/3
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • 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.
  • Haberski, A., Woller, D.A. & Sikes, D.S. (2021) Orthoptera of Alaska: A photographic key, new records, and synonymy of Melanoplus gordonae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 44, 1–52. Available at http://biologicalsurvey.ca/ejournal/hws_44/cjai_2021_44.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the American entomologist and ornithologist Lawrence Bruner (1856–1937).

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023