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Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878)

Variegated Pouncer

Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): female (off King Canyon Road, about 5.5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 14 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): female (off King Canyon Road, about 5.5 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska, 14 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male (about 16.5 miles north of Ardmore, South Dakota, 25 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): nymph (about 16.5 miles north of Ardmore, South Dakota, 17 July 2020). (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male. (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).
Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878): male genitalia. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; male; 66b02fbe-0d6e-4267-9241-9b9574d7066c; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas

Nomenclature (14)

  • Pezotettix discolor Scudder, 1878: 81.

    Syntype; male; 66b02fbe-0d6e-4267-9241-9b9574d7066c; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas. Syntype; female; d9475d01-7b4c-452e-9fcb-dbf9c00e5efa; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas

  • Pezotettix discolor Scudder, 1878 in Scudder, 1897: 149.
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  • Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878) in Otte, 2012: 160.
  • Melanoplus discolor (Scudder, 1878) in Hill, 2023: 104, 105, 110.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Hebard, M. (1917) Notes on Mexican Melonopli. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 69, 251–275. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofacad69acad
  • Hebard, M. (1925) The Orthoptera of South Dakota. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 77, 33–155.
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  • Hebard, M. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.
  • Hill, J.V.G. (2023) Diversification deep in the heart of Texas: seven new grasshopper species and establishment of the Melanoplus discolor species group (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae). ZooKeys, 1165, 101–136. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/104047/
  • 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. (1878) A Century of Orthoptera, Decades VIII, IX and X. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 20, 63–95. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130654#page/81/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
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