species

Melanoplus platycercus Hebard, 1920

Nomenclature (3)

Melanoplus platycercus Hebard, 1920: 377-379.
Holotype; male; 1ab30de7-721c-4366-8644-574f90010e9a; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: San Bernardino: Lone Pine Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Inyo County, California
Melanoplus platycercus Hebard, 1920 in Gurney, 1960: 164.

Melanoplus platycercus Hebard, 1920 in Strohecker, Middlekauff & Rentz, 1968: 53.

Gurney, A.B. (1960) Grasshoppers of the immunis group of Melanoplus, and notes on the grouping of other far western brachypterous species of this genus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 62(3), 145–166. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54859#page/479/mode/1up
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

Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	0	1