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Melanoplus punctulatus punctulatus (Uhler, 1862)

Grizzly Locust; Grizzly Grasshopper
Melanoplus punctulatus punctulatus (Uhler, 1862): Fig. 81. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Melanoplus punctulatus punctulatus (Uhler, 1862): Fig. 81. male cercus, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (23)

  • Caloptenus [sic] punctulatus Uhler, 1862 in Scudder, 1862: 465.

    Holotype; female; bbc1c67c-35b9-4198-bcb2-dd1f33b22548; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Maine

  • Caloptenus [sic] punctulatus Uhler, 1862 in Scudder, 1869: 20.
  • Melanoplus punctulatus (Uhler, 1862) in Brust & Hoback, 2015
  • Melanoplus punctulatus (Uhler, 1862) in Harman & Brust, 2019

References (23)

  • Scudder, S.H. (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Boston Journal of Natural History, 7(3), 409–480. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/materialsformono00scudrich
  • Scudder, S.H. (1869) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of North America described previous to 1867. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 8, 89 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=llgtAAAAIAAJ
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Thomas, C. (1872) Notes on the saltatorial Orthoptera of the Rocky Mountain regions. In Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana and Portions of Adjacent Territories; being a Fifth Annual Report of Progress. Vol. 5, pp. 423–466, 2 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=NgdSAAAAcAAJ
  • 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
  • Fernald, C.H. (1888) The Orthoptera of New England. Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston, 1–61 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35173
  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) Random notes on North American Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 27, 331–337. [1900] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4237_004#page/58/mode/1up
  • Walker, E.M. (1901) Notes on some Ontario Acridiidae Part IV (continued from Vol XXXI p. 36). The Canadian Entomologist, 33(1), 20–23. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88722#page/32/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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
  • Morse, A.P. (1920) Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and their allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 35(6), 197–556, 20 pls. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=jf5RAAAAMAAJ
  • Hebard, M. (1934) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 20, 125–279. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14760321
  • Cantrall, I.J. (1943) The ecology of the Orthoptera and Dermaptera of the George Reserve, Michigan. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, 54, 1–184. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/56299
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1946) On the punctulatus species-group of the genus Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae) with the description of a new species from Kansas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 98, 241–269.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Records of the orthopteroid insects in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 97, 13–68. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/139986#page/423/mode/1up
  • Beaudry, J.R. (1973) Une analyse des complements chromosomiques de certains orthoptères du Quebec et sa signification taxonomique et evolutionnaire. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 15(1), 155–170.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • 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
  • Bland, R.G. (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension, 220 pp.
  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 249 pp.
  • Brust, M.L. & Hoback, W.W. (2015) Range extension for Melanoplus punctulatus (Uhler) (Acrididae) in western Nebraska collected on green ash. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 24(1), 1–5. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.024.0102
  • Harman, A.J. & Brust, M.L. (2019) Range extension and state record for Melanoplus punctulatus (Scudder) (Acrididae) in northeastern Wyoming. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 145(1), 39–41. Available at http://entomology.wgwt.co.uk/1555628586198-1454brustpdf

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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Subspecies1034