Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Scudder's Short, Scudder's Short-Winged Grasshopper, Scudder's Short-Winged Locust
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
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)
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
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)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
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)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
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)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
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)
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
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)
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
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)
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
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)
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
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)
- Superorder:
Orthopterida
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)
- Order:
Orthoptera
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)
- Latreille, 1793
- Suborder:
Caelifera
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)
- Ander, 1939
- Infraorder:
Acrididea
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)
- Superfamily:
Acridoidea
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)
- (MacLeay, 1821) Burmeister, 1839
- Family:
Acrididae
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)
- MacLeay, 1821
- Subfamily:
Melanoplinae
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)
- Tribe:
Melanoplini
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)
- Genus:
Melanoplus
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)
- Stål, 1873
- Specific name:
scudderi
- (Uhler, 1864)
- Scientific name: - Melanoplus scudderi (Uhler, 1864)
- Specific name:
scudderi
- (Uhler, 1864)
- Genus:
Melanoplus
(
- Tribe:
Melanoplini
(
- Subfamily:
Melanoplinae
(
- Family:
Acrididae
(
- Superfamily:
Acridoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Acrididea
(
- Suborder:
Caelifera
(
- Order:
Orthoptera
(
- Superorder:
Orthopterida
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
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
- A naturalist in the Great Lakes region, by Elliot Rowland Downing. .. Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press[c1922] url , p. 231.
- An ecological study of prairie and forest invertebrates / by Charles C. Adams. Urbana, Ill.: Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 1915. url p. 214.
- Annual report of the State Entomologist of Minnesota to the Governor for the year. .. St. Anthony Park, Minn.: Agricultural Experiment Station, 1903-1916. url p. 76, p. 77.
- Bulletin / State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. [Hartford]: The Survey, 1904- url , p. 115, p. 8.
- Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History. Bloomington, Ill.: The Laboratory, 1876-1918. url , p. 214, p. 214, p. 234, p. 234, p. 24, p. 64.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url , p. 13, p. 18, p. 19, p. 45, p. 45, p. 49, p. 52.
- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 72.
- Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 297, p. 316, p. 328, p. 389, p. 389.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 318, p. 73.
- Further researches on North American Acridiidae. [Washington]Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1907. url , p. 13, p. 18, p. 19, p. 45, p. 49.
- Guide to the insects of Connecticut, prepared under the direction of Wilton Everett Britton. .. Hartford, Printed for The State Geological and Natural History Survey, 1911-27. url p. 8.
- Index to the literature of American economic entomology. Melrose Highlands, Mass. [etc.], American Association of Economic Entomologists [etc.], 1917-62. url p. 204, p. 230.
- Journal of economic entomology. [College Park, Md., etc.]Entomological Society of America [etc.] url p. 303.
- Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Lawrence, Kan.: Allen Press [etc.] url , p. 243, p. 250.
- Manual of the Orthoptera of New England, including the locusts, grasshoppers, crickets, and theirallies. By Albert P. Morse. Boston, Mass., Printed for the Society, 1920. url , p. 260, p. 484, p. 517, p. 520.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1965 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 53.
- Nature sketches in temperate America, a series of sketches and a popular account of insects, birds, and plants, treated from some aspects of their evolution and ecological relations, Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co., 1911. url .
- New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States (Orthoptera; Acrididae). Philadelphia, Pa., American Entomological Society, 1918-37. url p. 163.
- On the recent secular period of the aurora borealis. By Denison Olmsted. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1856 url p. 422.
- Orthoptera of northeastern America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida, by W.S. Blatchley. .. Indianapolis, The Nature Publishing Company, 1920. url p. 363, p. 779.
- Orthoptera of northeastern America: with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Indianapolis: Nature Pub. Co., 1920. url p. 175, p. 363.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 100, p. 110.
- Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. Indianapolis, Ind.[s.n.] url p. 293, p. 295, p. 296, p. 301, p. 303.
- Proceedings of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences. Manchester, N.H.: The Institute, 1900-1911. url p. 35.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 202, p. 212, p. 220, p. 410.
- Psyche. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Entomological Club url p. 125, p. 256, p. 280, p. 38.
- Report of the State Entomologist on the noxious and beneficial insects of the state of Illinois. [Springfield, Ill.?]: State Entomologist, [1876?]-1916. url .
- Report of the state entomologist on the noxious and beneficial insects of the state of Illinois. Springfield, Ill.: State Entomologist, -1916. url , p. 229, p. 270.
- Researches on North American Acridiidæ, by Albert Pitts Morse. .. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1904. url p. 45.
- Revision of the orthopteran group Melanopli (Acridiidae), with special reference to North American forms / By Samuel Hubbard Scudder. Washington: Govt. print. off., 1897. url p. 212, p. 405, p. 410.
- Revision of the orthopteran group melanopli acridiidae with special reference to North American forms by Samuel Hubbard Scudder. Washington: G.P.O., 1897. url p. 212.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 175.
- The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] url p. 278, p. 279.
- The Ohio journal of science. Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University and the Ohio Academy of Science url p. 111.
- The Orthoptera of Indiana: an illustrated descriptive catalogue of the species known to occur in the state, with bibliography, synonymy and descriptions of new species / By W. S. Blatchley. Indianapolis: [Indiana Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources, 1903] url p. 302.
- The grasshoppers of Kansas / by P. W. Claassen [and Raymaond Beamer]. Topeka: University of Kansas, 1917. url p. 24.
- Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. [St. Louis: Academy of Science of St. Louis], 1860-1958. url p. 23, p. 23.
- Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Topeka, Kan.: W.Y. Morgan, 1903- url p. 245.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 15 1963 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 403.
- Yearbook of agriculture. WashingtonU.S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 293.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3793945
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: OSF-21237
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 658503
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IIORT01220
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12489
