Melanoplus walshii

Melanoplus walshii, known generally as the Walsh's short-wing grasshopper or Walsh's locust, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2][3]

Melanoplus walshii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Genus: Melanoplus
Species:
M. walshii
Binomial name
Melanoplus walshii
Scudder, 1897

References

  1. "Melanoplus walshii Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. "Melanoplus walshii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  • Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
  • Otte, Daniel (1995). "Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C". Orthoptera Species File 4, 518.

Further reading

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.


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