superspecies

Melanoplus supersp. aridus (Scudder, 1878)

Nomenclature (5)

Pezotettix aridus Scudder, 1878: 84.
Holotype; female; 3436678c-cf11-4c3f-b167-6fe1e79c9058; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Buchanan
Melanoplus aridus species group (Scudder, 1878) in Hebard, 1929: 375.
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Melanoplus aridus species group (Scudder, 1878) in Strohecker, Middlekauff & Rentz, 1968: 38.
Melanoplus aridus species group (Scudder, 1878) in Otte, 2025: 393.

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. (1929) The Orthoptera of Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 303–425.
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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
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

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin for dry, probably relating to habitat.