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Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877)

Shield-tailed Locust

Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877): Geographic distribution. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; male; 6c89c90f-71c8-40b3-b743-52fdc27fd466; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States

Nomenclature (7)

  • Caloptenus [sic] clypeatus Scudder, 1877: 40.

    Syntype; male; 6c89c90f-71c8-40b3-b743-52fdc27fd466; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States

  • Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877) in Scudder, 1880: 75.
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  • Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877) in Helfer, 1953
  • Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877) in Otte, 2012: 157.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Blatchley, W.S. (1920) In 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
  • Helfer, J.R. (1953) In How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies. W.M.C. Brown Company Publishers.
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  • Otte, D. (2012) Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 138(1-2), 73–167.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1905) The Orthoptera of Thomas County, Georgia, and Leon County, Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 774–802. [1904] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1916) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the coastal plains and piedmont region of the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 68, 87–314. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79453#page/95/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1877) New forms of saltatorial Orthoptera from the southern United States. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 35–41.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1880) A few notes on N. American Acridii. The Canadian Entomologist, 12(4), 75–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22088#page/83/mode/1up
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Descendants and synonyms

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Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Melanoplus clypeatus (Scudder, 1877)

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