species

Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878)

Least Short-winged Locust

Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).

Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878): Geographic distribution. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; male; bea19140-201d-48b2-ac9a-2be9abb79961; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Fort Reed

Nomenclature (13)

Pezotettix puer Scudder, 1878: 87.
Syntype; male; bea19140-201d-48b2-ac9a-2be9abb79961; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Fort Reed
Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878) in Scudder, 1897: 252.
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Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878) in Capinera, Scott & Walker, 2004: 132, Plate 27.
Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878) in Otte, 2012: 158.

Nomenclature references (13)

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

Hebard, M. (1915) Dermaptera and Orthoptera found in the vicinity of Miami, Florida, in March, 1915 (Part I). Entomological News, 26, 397–408. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84799#page/437/mode/1up

Hebard, M. (1916) Spring Orthoptera found on the islands in the vicinity of Charlotte harbour, Florida. Entomological News, 27(1), 14–21. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84830

Hubbell, T.H. (1932) A revision of the Puer group of the North American genus Melanoplus, with remarks on the taxonomic value of the concealed male genitalia on the Cyrtacanthacrineae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 23, 64 pp. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56268

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) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of south and central Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 57, 29–55, Pl. 1. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30015

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1912) On the Orthoptera found on the Florida Keys and in extreme southern Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(2), 235–276. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/247/mode/1up

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1914) Records of Dermaptera and Orthoptera from west central and southwestern Florida, collected by William T. Davis. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Devoted to Entomology in General, 22, 96–116. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34021#page/116/mode/1up

Scudder, S.H. (1878) The Florida Orthoptera collected by Mr. J. H. Comstock. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 80–94. [1877] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130632#page/92/mode/1up

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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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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species	3	1	2