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Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Scudder, S.H. (1878) The Florida Orthoptera collected by Mr. J. H. Comstock. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 19, 80–94. [1877] Available from http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130632#page/92/mode/1up

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Melanoplus puer puer
Pezotettix puer Scudder, 1878
Homonyms
Melanoplus puer (Scudder, 1878)
Common names
Least Short-wing Grasshopper in English
Least Short-winged Locust in English
Least Short-winged Locust in English
Least Short-winged Locust in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida, Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis 381
  2. Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 132, Plate 27
  3. Capinera, Scherer & Squitier. 2001. Grasshoppers of Florida, University of Florida Press, Gainesville 102
  4. Hebard. 1915. Dermaptera and Orthoptera found in the vicinity of Miami, Florida, in March, 1915 (Part I). Entomological News (Entomol. News) 26:407
  5. Hebard. 1916. Spring Orthoptera found on the islands in the vicinity of Charlotte harbour, Florida. Entomological News (Entomol. News) 27(1):19
  6. Hubbell. 1932. A revision of the Puer group of the North American genus Melanoplus, with remarks on the taxonomic value of the concealed male genitalia on the Cyrtacanthacrineae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool.) 23:26-28
  7. Otte, D. 2012. Eighty new Melanoplus species from the United States (Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 138(1-2):158
  8. Otte, Daniel, 1995: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. 518.
  9. Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1905. A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of south and central Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 57:40
  10. Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1912. On the Orthoptera found on the Florida Keys and in extreme southern Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 64(2):262
  11. Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1914. Records of Dermaptera and Orthoptera from west central and southwestern Florida, collected by William T. Davis. Journal of the New York Entomological Society (Jour. New York Ent. Soc.) 22:108
  12. Scudder, S.H. 1878[1877]. The Florida Orthoptera Collected by Mr. J. H. Comstock. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.) 19:87
  13. 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):252
  14. Slifer. 1943. The internal genitalia of some previously unstudied species of female Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of Morphology 72(2):227
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