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Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853)

Northern Grasshopper

Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): female (Cottonwood-Steverson WMA, about 27 miles north of Hyannis, Nebraska on 26 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): female (Cottonwood-Steverson WMA, about 27 miles north of Hyannis, Nebraska on 26 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male (Cottonwood-Steverson WMA, about 27 miles north of Hyannis, Nebraska, 26 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): Fig. 70. male cercus, lateral view (previously Synonym Pezotettix junius). (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): Fig. 91. furcula of male (previously Synonym Pezotettix junius). (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853): geographic distribution. (Otu).

Nomenclature (83)

  • Caloptenus [sic] borealis Fieber, 1853: 120. (valid)
  • Pezotettix septentrionalis Saussure, 1861
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  • Melanoplus gordonae Vickery, 1969 (synonym of Caloptenus [sic] borealis Fieber, 1853) in Haberski, Woller & Sikes, 2021: 5.
  • Melanoplus borealis (Fieber, 1853) in Storozhenko, 2023: 568.

Nomenclature references (53)

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