Melanoplus punctulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Genus: Melanoplus
Species:
M. punctulatus
Binomial name
Melanoplus punctulatus
(Scudder, 1863)

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

Pine tree spur-throat grasshopper, Melanoplus punctulatus
Pine tree spur-throat grasshopper, Melanoplus punctulatus

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus punctulatus:

  • Melanoplus punctulatus arboreus Scudder, 1897 i c g
  • Melanoplus punctulatus griseus (Thomas, 1872) i c g
  • Melanoplus punctulatus punctulatus (Scudder, 1863) i c g

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Melanoplus punctulatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "Melanoplus punctulatus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. 1 2 "Melanoplus punctulatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. 1 2 "Melanoplus punctulatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-03.
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