Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

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 from http://www.archive.org/details/revisionoforthop00scudrich

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Orthoptera

family

Acrididae

genus

Melanoplus

species

Melanoplus viridipes

Name

Synonyms

Melanoplus viridipes viridipes

Homonyms

Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus viridipes Blatchley, 1903

Common names

Green-Legged Locust in English

Green-legged Locust in English

Green-legged Locust in English

Green-Legged Spur-Throat Grasshopper in English

Bibliographic References

1. Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets, Michigan State University Extension 101
2. Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida, Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis 365
3. Hebard. 1920. New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 46:266
4. Hebard. 1934. The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History (Bull. Ill. State Lab. Nat. Hist.) 20:192
5. Kirk, K. & Bomar. 2005. Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin. Guide to the Grasshoppers of Wisconsin, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison 91
6. Morse. 1920. Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and their allies. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 35(6):522
7. Otte, D. 1970. A comparative study of communicative behavior in grasshoppers. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool.) 141:112
8. Otte, D. 2002. Studies of Melanoplus. 1. Review of the Viridipes group (Acrididae:Melanoplinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 11(2):93
9. Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518.
10. Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1912. Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 64(1):83
11. 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 (Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus.) 20 (1124):255
12. Vickery & D.K.M. Kevan. 1986. The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The insects and arachnids of Canada 14:380