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Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897

Fork-tailed Locust
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: Geographic distribution. (Otu).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897: 358-359.
  • Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897 in Rehn & Hebard, 1912: 86.
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  • Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897 in Capinera, Scherer & Squitier, 2001: 94.
  • Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897 in Otte, 2012: 157.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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
  • Capinera, J.L., Scherer, C.W. & Squitier, J.M. (2001) Grasshoppers of Florida. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 131 pp. Available at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/ghopper/ghopper.html
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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. (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
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

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