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Orthoptera Species File
Superspecies

Melanoplus supersp. montanus Thomas, 1873

Nomenclature (6)

  • Melanoplus montana Thomas, 1873: 155.
  • Melanoplus montanus species group Thomas, 1873 in Hebard, 1935: 377.
  • Melanoplus montanus species group Thomas, 1873 in Knowles & Otte, 2000: 421-431.
  • Melanoplus montanus species group Thomas, 1873 in Otte, 2012: 130.

References (6)

  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part I: Synopsis of the Acrididae of North America. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 1–190. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/13/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1935) New genera and species of the Melanopli found within the United States and Canada (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Parts V and VI. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 60(4), 337–390. [1934] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4270_004#page/25/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Gurney, A.B. (1977) Taxonomic status of the genus Melanoplus, with special reference to the montanus species-group. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 36(1-4), 85–87. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/41751
  • Knowles, L.L. & Otte, D. (2000) Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 93(3), 421–431.
  • Otte, D. (2012) Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 138(1-2), 73–167.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Superspecies1012
Species320537