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Melanoplus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Saussure, H.de (1861) Orthoptera nova americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(13), 126–130, 156–164, 313–324, 397–402. Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20623#page/138/mode/1up

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Orthoptera
family
Acrididae
genus
Melanoplus
species
Melanoplus mexicanus

Name

Synonyms
Caloptenus selectus Walker, 1870
Dichroplus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)
Melanoplus mexicanus mexicanus
Pezotettix mexicana Saussure, 1861
Podisma mexicana (Saussure, 1861)
Homonyms
Melanoplus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)
Common names
Chapulín mexicano in Spanish
Кобылка мексиканская in Russian

Bibliographic References

  1. Barrientos Lozano, R.F. Medina & Rocha-Sánchez. 2009. Contribution to geographic distribution of some Mexican Melanoplinae and description of a new species. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 18(1):47
  2. Barrientos Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez & Horta-Vega. 2013. Two new species of Melanoplus Stål, 1873 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from northeastern Mexico. Zootaxa 3669(3):262
  3. Barrientos Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega. 2013. Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada, Ciudad de México 230
  4. Bruner, L. 1908. Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2:300
  5. Faure, J.C. 1933. The phases of the Rocky Mountain locust Melanoplus mexicanus (Saussure). Journal of Economic Entomology (Jour. econ. Ent.) 26:706–718
  6. Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez. 2008. Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide, World Biodiversity Association, Verona, Italy 174
  7. Fontana, Buzzetti, Mariño-Pérez, Castellanos-Vargas, Monge-Rodríguez & Cano-Santana. 2017. Ortópteros de Oaxaca. Orthopterans of Oaxaca, WBA Handbooks 8, Verona 138
  8. Gurney & A.R. Brooks. 1959. Grasshoppers of the Mexicanus Group, genus Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum (Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus.) 110:8
  9. Gurney. 1962. On the name of the migratory grasshopper of the United States and Canada, Melanoplus sanguinipes (F.) (Orthoptera; Acrididae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (Proc. biol. Soc. Washington) 75:189
  10. Hebard. 1928. The Orthoptera of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 80:279
  11. Hebard. 1934. The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History (Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist.) 20:197
  12. Hollier. 2012. An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, part 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie (Revue Suisse de Zool.) 119(3):321-322
  13. Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518.
  14. Pfadt. 1949. Food plants as factors in the ecology of the Lesser Migratory Grasshopper, Melanoplus mexicanus (Sauss.). Bulletin of the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station (Bull. Wyoming Univ.) 290:51 pp.
  15. Prinzessin von Bayern. 1900. Die von ihrer Königl. Hoheit Prinzessin Therese von Bayern auf einer Reise in Südamerika gesammelten Insekten. II. Orthopteren. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift (Berlin Ent. Z.) 45:257
  16. Rehn, J.A.G. 1952. Some records of Alaskan Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Entomological News (Entomol. News) 63(2):31
  17. Saussure. 1861. Orthoptera nova americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (Revue et Magasin de Zoologie) 2(13):160
  18. Scharff. 1954. The role of food plants and weather in the ecology of Melanoplus mexicanus mexicanus (Sauss.). Journal of Economic Entomology (Jour. econ. Ent.) 47:485-489
  19. Severin. 1943. A study of a gynandromorphof Melanoplus mexicanus mexicanus (Sauss.). Journal of the New York Entomological Society (Jour. New York Ent. Soc.) 51:179-182, 1 pl.
  20. Severin. 1955. A gynandromoprh of Melanoplus mexicanus mexicanus (Saussure), extreme migratory phase (Orth.; Acrididae). Psyche, a Journal of Entomology (Psyche) 62(3):104-107
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