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Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919

Santa Lucia Spur-throat Grasshopper

Nomenclature (3)

  • Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919: 282-285.

    Holotype; male; 4c1d0c3d-9e75-4620-998f-d83cb44c173f; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo

  • Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919 in Thompson & Buxton, 1964: 43.
  • Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919 in Otte, 2012: 116.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hebard, M. (1919) New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States (Orth. Acrididae). Part II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 45, 257–298. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4255_003#page/73/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (2012) Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 138(1-2), 73–167.
  • Thompson, R.M. & Buxton, G.M. (1964) An index of the Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of California, with selected references. Occasional Papers of the Bureau of Entomology, 5, 1–62.
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