Melanoplus flavidus

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Melanoplus flavidus
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. flavidus
Binomial name
Melanoplus flavidus
Scudder, 1878

Melanoplus flavidus, known generally as yellowish spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Other common names include the blue-legged locust and blue-legged grasshopper.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5]

Subspecies[edit]

These two subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus flavidus:

  • Melanoplus flavidus elongatus b
  • Melanoplus flavidus favidus b

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Melanoplus flavidus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. ^ a b "Melanoplus flavidus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  3. ^ a b "Melanoplus flavidus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  4. ^ a b "Melanoplus flavidus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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