Melanoplus forcipatus

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• Notes

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Hubbell 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) Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. 23:64 pp., 4 pls., 1932.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melanoplus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 90 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. adelogyrus (Volusia Grasshopper) · M. alpinus (Alpine Grasshopper) · M. angustipennis (Narrow-Winged Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. angustipennis angustipennis (Narrow-Winged Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. apalachicolae (Appalachicola Grasshopper) · M. aridus (Arid Lands Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. arizonae (Arizona Spur) · M. artemesiae (Sagebrush Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. attenuatus (Slender-Bodied Locust) · M. australis (Southern Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. bispinosus (Two Spined Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. bivittatus (Two-Striped Grasshopper) · M. borealis (Northern Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. borealis borealis (Northern Grasshopper) · M. bowditchi (Sagebrush Grasshopper) · M. bruneri (Bruner Spurthroated Grasshopper) · M. carnegiei (Carnegie's Locust) · M. clypeatus (Shield-Tailed Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. confusus (Pasture Grasshopper) · M. cuneatus (Wedge-Shaped Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. davisi (Davis's Oak Grasshopper) · M. dawsoni (Dawson Grasshopper) · M. decorus (Decorated Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. desultorius (Red Whiskers Grasshopper) · M. devastator (Devastating Grasshopper) · M. differentialis (Differential Grasshopper) · M. differentialis differentialis (Differential Grasshopper) · M. discolor (Contrasting Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. dodgei (Dodge's Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. fasciatus (Huckleberry Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. femurrubrum (Red-Legged Grasshopper) · M. femurrubrum femurrubrum (Red-Legged Grasshopper) · M. flavidus (Yellowish Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. foedus (Sand-Bar Locust) · M. forcipatus (Broad Cercus Scrub Grasshopper) · M. furcatus (Fork-Tailed Locust) · M. gladstoni (Gladston Grasshopper) · M. glaucipes (Glaucous-Legged Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. gracilis (Graceful Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. herbaceus (Arrowweed Grasshopper) · M. huroni (Huron Short-Winged Locust) · M. immunis (Immunis Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. impudicus (Immodest Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. indicifer (East Coast Scrub Grasshopper) · M. indigens (Indigene Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. infantilis (Little Spurthroated Grasshopper) · M. islandicus (Forest Locust) · M. keeleri (Keeler's Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. keeleri luridus (Keeler's Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. kennicotti (Kennicott's Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. lakinus (Lakin Grasshopper) · M. mancus (Smith's Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. marginatus (Margined Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. militaris (Military Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. montanus (Montane Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. morsei (Morse's Locust) · M. nigrescens (Black-Sided Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. occidentalis (Flabellate Grasshopper) · M. packardii (Packard Grasshopper) · M. pegasus (Swift Locust) · M. pictus (Pictured Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. plebejus (Plebeian Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. ponderosus (Ponderus Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. propinquus (Southern Red-Legged Grasshopper) · M. puer (Florida Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. punctulatus (Griseous Grasshopper) · M. pygmaeus (Pygmy Sandhill Grasshopper) · M. quercicola (Oak-Loving Locust) · M. querneus (Larger Sandhill Grasshopper) · M. regalis (Regal Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. rileyanus (Riley's Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. rotundipennis (Round-Winged Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. rugglesi (Nevada Sage Grasshoper) · M. saltator (Learing Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper) · M. sanguinipes sanguinipes (Lesser Migratory Grasshopper) · M. scapularis (Scapular Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. scudderi (Scudder's Short) · M. scudderi scudderi (Scudder's Short-Winged Locust) · M. spretus (Rocky Mountain Grasshopper) · M. stonei (Stone's Locust) · M. strumosus (Swollen Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. symmetricus (Symmetrical Locust) · M. tequestae (Tequesta Grasshopper) · M. texanus (Texas Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. tribulus (Tribulus Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. viridipes (Green-Legged Locust) · M. viridipes viridipes (Green-Legged Spur-Throat Grasshopper) · M. walshii (Walsh's Locust) · M. yarrowii (Yarrow's Spur-Throat Grasshopper)

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Further Reading

• Hubbell 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) Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. 23:64 pp., 4 pls., 1932.
• Otte, Daniel 1995. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. Orthoptera Species File 4. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. 518. ISBN: 0-9640101-5-1.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Cigliano, María Marta (from Orthoptera Species File).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• OSF: Orthoptera Species File Online. Release date: October 23, 2009
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• SysTax
• SysTax: Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, ZALF e.V. Muncheberg

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3793600
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: OSF-21389
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 658394
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIORT01A30
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 161744

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