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Melanoplus frigidus frigidus (Boheman, 1846)

Nordische Gebirgsschrecke; La Miramelle des frimas; High Mountain Grasshopper
Melanoplus frigidus frigidus (Boheman, 1846): 2012. female (Austria, Pitztal, Zollberg, 2220 m). (Otu).
Melanoplus frigidus frigidus (Boheman, 1846): 2012. female (Austria, Pitztal, Zollberg, 2220 m). (Otu).
Melanoplus frigidus frigidus (Boheman, 1846): 2012. male (Austria, Pitztal, Zollberg, 2220 m). (Otu).
Melanoplus frigidus frigidus (Boheman, 1846): 2012. male (Austria, Pitztal, Zollberg, 2220 m). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1478239; 6429e90e-481b-430f-bea5-f4464aef3dfb: male, lateral view (type of Melanoplus frigidus dimovskii). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1478239; 6429e90e-481b-430f-bea5-f4464aef3dfb: male tegmen (type of Melanoplus frigidus dimovskii). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1478239; 6429e90e-481b-430f-bea5-f4464aef3dfb: male cerci (type of Melanoplus frigidus dimovskii). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1478239; 6429e90e-481b-430f-bea5-f4464aef3dfb: label (type of Melanoplus frigidus dimovskii). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501786; c516ba95-3bdb-4845-ab5d-6a9403a4b9e4: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501786; c516ba95-3bdb-4845-ab5d-6a9403a4b9e4: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501786; c516ba95-3bdb-4845-ab5d-6a9403a4b9e4: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501786; c516ba95-3bdb-4845-ab5d-6a9403a4b9e4: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501786; c516ba95-3bdb-4845-ab5d-6a9403a4b9e4: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581580; 924138ac-bf66-43df-91f0-9a07a7f48221: female. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588191; b4a29f02-4d22-4241-9583-e80402a1b07b: female (MK: Nidzhe Mountain). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588191; b4a29f02-4d22-4241-9583-e80402a1b07b: female (MK: Nidzhe Mountain). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588191; b4a29f02-4d22-4241-9583-e80402a1b07b: female (MK: Nidzhe Mountain). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588191; b4a29f02-4d22-4241-9583-e80402a1b07b: male (MK: Nidzhe Mountain). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588191; b4a29f02-4d22-4241-9583-e80402a1b07b: male (MK: Nidzhe Mountain). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588191; b4a29f02-4d22-4241-9583-e80402a1b07b: habitat (MK: Nidzhe Mountain). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (65)

  • Gryllus frigida Boheman, 1846: 81.

    Syntype; female; c516ba95-3bdb-4845-ab5d-6a9403a4b9e4; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Sweden: Lapland, Mt. Quickjock. Syntype; 65015ced-22d4-4193-acdc-afc9234d9cfa; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Sweden: Lapland, Mt. Quickjock

  • Monopterus gracilis Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
  • Melanoplus frigidus frigidus (Boheman, 1846) in Defaut & Morichon, 2015: 239, pl. V.
  • Melanoplus frigidus frigidus (Boheman, 1846) in Storozhenko, 2023: 569.

References (52)

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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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Subspecies101617