Melanoplus borealis

Melanoplus borealis
Melanoplus borealis, Massachusetts
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. borealis
Binomial name
Melanoplus borealis
(Fieber, 1853)

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

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus borealis:

  • Melanoplus borealis borealis (Fieber, 1853)
  • Melanoplus borealis palaceus Fulton, 1930
  • Melanoplus borealis stupefactus (Scudder, 1876)
  • Melanoplus borealis utahensis Scudder, 1897

References

  1. ^ a b "Melanoplus borealis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. ^ "Melanoplus borealis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. ^ "Melanoplus borealis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. ^ "Melanoplus borealis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-25.


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