Melanoplus borealis

Melanoplus borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Acrididae
Genus:Melanoplus
Species: M. borealis
Binomial name
Melanoplus borealis
(Fieber, 1853)

Melanoplus borealis, known generally as the northern spur-throat grasshopper or northern grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus borealis:

  • Melanoplus borealis borealis (Fieber, 1853) i
  • Melanoplus borealis palaceus Fulton, 1930 i
  • Melanoplus borealis stupefactus (Scudder, 1876) i
  • Melanoplus borealis utahensis Scudder, 1897 i

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Melanoplus borealis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. 1 2 "Melanoplus borealis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. 1 2 "Melanoplus borealis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. 1 2 "Melanoplus borealis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-25.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
  • Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
  • Knowles, L.Lacey; Otte, D. (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 421–431. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0421:PAOMGF]2.0.CO;2.
  • Lockwood, Jeffrey A. (2004). Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465041671.


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