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Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875)

Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875): geographic distribution. (Otu).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Caloptenus [sic] ponderosus Scudder, 1875: 473. (valid)

    Syntype; female; 9a7278bc-822d-477a-912c-17a213e1ccdc; United States: Texas

  • Caloptenus [sic] robustus Scudder, 1875: 473.

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; d1f38f58-03f3-4981-bda9-84186d64e66e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas. Syntypes (n= 2); female; 7d23ba52-3b2a-4445-bf7d-cd4ffe6ba0f6; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas

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  • Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 131, Plate 28.
  • Melanoplus ponderosus (Scudder, 1875) in Otte, 2012: 157.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • 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., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
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  • Hebard, M. (1920) New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 46, 355–403. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4256_004#page/35/mode/1up
  • Hubbell, T.H. & Ortenburger, A.I. (1926) Notes on Oklahoma Orthoptera with a list of species from the state. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 6, 149–183. Available at http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OAS/article/download/2438/2135
  • Otte, D. (2012) Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 138(1-2), 73–167.
  • 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1875) A Century of Orthoptera Decade III Acrydii (Pezotettix, Caloptenus). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 472–478. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofbos17bostuoft
  • 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
  • Slifer, E.H. (1943) The internal genitalia of some previously unstudied species of female Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of Morphology (Philadelphia), 72(2), 225–237.

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