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Melanoplus

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Wikipedia Abstract

Melanoplus is a large genus of grasshoppers. They are the typical large grasshoppers (and in some cases migratory "locusts") in North America. A common name is spur-throat grasshoppers (also "spurthroat" or "spur-throated grasshoppers"), but this more typically refers to members of the related subfamily Catantopinae. The largest grasshoppers of this genus can reach nearly 5 cm (2.0 in) in length, but most are smaller. Some are intricately patterned and colorful, others are drab.
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Species

Melanoplus ablutus
Melanoplus acidocercus
Melanoplus acrophilus
Melanoplus adapi
Melanoplus adelogyrus (St. Johns Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus adox
Melanoplus aix
Melanoplus alabamae (Alabama Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus alector
Melanoplus alexanderi
Melanoplus alpinus (Alpine Grasshopper)
Melanoplus altitudinum
Melanoplus andreasi
Melanoplus angularis (Angularis Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus angustipennis (Narrow-winged Locust)
Melanoplus apache
Melanoplus apalachicolae (Apalachicola Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus arcanus
Melanoplus aridus (Arid Lands Spur-Throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus arizonae (Arizona Spur-Throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus arkansas
Melanoplus artemesiae
Melanoplus artemisiae (Sagebrush Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus ascensor
Melanoplus ascensus (Shasta Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus aspasmus (Striking Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus aster
Melanoplus atangi
Melanoplus attenuatus (Slender-bodied Locust)
Melanoplus bakeri
Melanoplus baldi
Melanoplus baronei
Melanoplus basifer
Melanoplus beameri
Melanoplus benni
Melanoplus bernardinae
Melanoplus betangi
Melanoplus billyharrisi
Melanoplus birchimi
Melanoplus bispinosus (Two-spined Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus bivittatus (Yellow-striped Locust)
Melanoplus bohemani
Melanoplus bonita
Melanoplus borealis (Northern Grasshopper)
Melanoplus boulderensis
Melanoplus bowditchi (Sagebrush Grasshopper)
Melanoplus bruneri (Bruner's Locust)
Melanoplus buxtoni
Melanoplus calidus (Sacramento Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus cameronis (Brownsville Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus cancri
Melanoplus cantralli
Melanoplus carharti
Melanoplus carinae
Melanoplus carnegiei (Carnegie's Locust)
Melanoplus caroli
Melanoplus carolinensis
Melanoplus carrabellae
Melanoplus cedarense
Melanoplus celatus (Sylvan Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus chattahoochee
Melanoplus cherokee
Melanoplus chichimecus
Melanoplus childsi
Melanoplus chimariki
Melanoplus chiricahuae (Chiricahua Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus chumash
Melanoplus cimatario
Melanoplus cinereus (Grayish Sagebrush Grasshopper)
Melanoplus clypeatus (Shield-tailed Locust)
Melanoplus cohni
Melanoplus complanatipes (Western Sagebrush Grasshopper)
Melanoplus confusus (Little Pasture Locust)
Melanoplus coreyi
Melanoplus culebra
Melanoplus cumbres
Melanoplus cuneatus
Melanoplus daemon
Melanoplus dakini
Melanoplus davisi (Davis's Oak Grasshopper)
Melanoplus dawsoni (Dawson's Locust)
Melanoplus debilis
Melanoplus deceptus
Melanoplus decoratus
Melanoplus decorus (Decorated Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus decurvus
Melanoplus delano
Melanoplus desultorius
Melanoplus devastator (Devastating Grasshopper)
Melanoplus devius (Devious Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus diablo
Melanoplus differentialis (Differential Grasshopper)
Melanoplus digitifer
Melanoplus dimidipennis
Melanoplus diminutus
Melanoplus discolor (Contrasting Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus divergens (Lobecercus Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus dodgei
Melanoplus douglasi
Melanoplus eccentricus
Melanoplus edeva
Melanoplus elaphrus
Melanoplus elater
Melanoplus elkhornense
Melanoplus empusa
Melanoplus eremitus
Melanoplus eumera (Canyon Grasshopper)
Melanoplus eurycercus
Melanoplus fasciatus (Huckleberry Locust)
Melanoplus femurnigrum (Black-legged Grasshopper)
Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-legged Grasshopper)
Melanoplus flabellatus (Dallas Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus flavidus (Blue-legged Locust)
Melanoplus flechado
Melanoplus foedus (Striped Sand Grasshopper)
Melanoplus folkertsi
Melanoplus forcipatus (Toothcercus Shortwing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus foxi (Fox's Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus franciscanus (San Francisco Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus francisdrakei
Melanoplus francoisensis
Melanoplus fricki
Melanoplus fultoni
Melanoplus furcatus (Fork-tailed Locust)
Melanoplus gaspesiensis
Melanoplus gladstoni (Gladston Grasshopper)
Melanoplus glaucipes (glaucous-legged grasshopper)
Melanoplus glymma
Melanoplus goedeni
Melanoplus gothicus
Melanoplus gracilipes (Slender-legged Grasshopper)
Melanoplus gracilis (Graceful Narrow-winged Locust)
Melanoplus gurneyi (Wingless Florida Locust)
Melanoplus haigi
Melanoplus harperi
Melanoplus hatu
Melanoplus herbaceus (Arrowweed Grasshopper)
Melanoplus hesperus
Melanoplus hilliardi
Melanoplus hinei
Melanoplus hubbelli
Melanoplus hupah
Melanoplus huporeus
Melanoplus huroni (Huron Short-winged Locust)
Melanoplus idaho
Melanoplus illash
Melanoplus immunis
Melanoplus impudicus (Immodest Locust)
Melanoplus imtenda
Melanoplus imto
Melanoplus inconspicuus (Inconspicuous Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus indicifer (Spinecercus Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus indigens
Melanoplus infantilis (Little Spurthroated Grasshopper)
Melanoplus ingrami
Melanoplus irwinorum
Melanoplus islandicus (Island Locust)
Melanoplus ixalus
Melanoplus jakei
Melanoplus janus
Melanoplus jenniferae
Melanoplus jessicae
Melanoplus jillae
Melanoplus juvencus
Melanoplus kasadi
Melanoplus keeleri (Keeler Grasshopper)
Melanoplus keiferi
Melanoplus kendalli
Melanoplus kennicottii
Melanoplus kissimmee
Melanoplus knowlesi
Melanoplus lakinus (Lakin Grasshopper)
Melanoplus lanthanus
Melanoplus lapollai
Melanoplus latah
Melanoplus latifercula
Melanoplus latus
Melanoplus laurelae
Melanoplus lemhiensis (Lemhi Spur Throat Grasshopper) (Vulnerable)
Melanoplus lemurus
Melanoplus lepidus
Melanoplus ligneolus (Wood-colored Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus lilianae
Melanoplus lindemanni
Melanoplus lithophilus
Melanoplus littoralis
Melanoplus lolo
Melanoplus longicornis
Melanoplus longipsolus
Melanoplus lovetti
Melanoplus ludivinae
Melanoplus macclungi (Kansas Juniper Grasshopper)
Melanoplus madeleineae (Russianthistle Grasshopper)
Melanoplus magdalenae (Magdalena Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus mancus (Smith's Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus mantua
Melanoplus marginatus (Margined Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus marshallii
Melanoplus mastigiphallus
Melanoplus mcnaryi
Melanoplus meridae
Melanoplus meridionalis
Melanoplus mexicanus
Melanoplus microtatus
Melanoplus middlekauffi
Melanoplus mirus (Weldon Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus mississippi
Melanoplus missoulae
Melanoplus mixes
Melanoplus mogollona
Melanoplus molothrus
Melanoplus montanus (Montana Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus morsei (Morse's Locust)
Melanoplus muricolor
Melanoplus murieta
Melanoplus muscogee
Melanoplus nanciae (Ocala Clawcercus Grasshopper)
Melanoplus nanus
Melanoplus napa
Melanoplus neomexicanus
Melanoplus nigrescens (Black-sided Locust)
Melanoplus nitidus
Melanoplus nossi
Melanoplus novato
Melanoplus nubilus (Nubile Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus nufioi
Melanoplus oaxacae
Melanoplus obespsolus
Melanoplus obex
Melanoplus occidentalis (Flabellate Grasshopper)
Melanoplus ohadi
Melanoplus oklahomae (Oklahoma Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus olamentke
Melanoplus optimus
Melanoplus ordwayae (Trail Ridge Scrub Grasshopper)
Melanoplus oregonensis (Oregon Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus oregonis
Melanoplus oreophilus (Mount Hood Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus ostentus
Melanoplus ottei
Melanoplus ouachita
Melanoplus ourayensis
Melanoplus ozarkensis
Melanoplus pachycercus
Melanoplus packardii (Packard Grasshopper)
Melanoplus pahgre
Melanoplus papoosense
Melanoplus papyraedus
Melanoplus parvus
Melanoplus payettei (Payette's Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus peatus
Melanoplus pegasus (Swift Locust)
Melanoplus peninsularis
Melanoplus perezi
Melanoplus phobetico
Melanoplus picropidzae
Melanoplus pictus (Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus pinaleno (Pinaleno Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus pinicola
Melanoplus platycercus (Whitney Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus plebejus (Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus ponderosus (Bruner spurthroated Grasshopper)
Melanoplus prescotti
Melanoplus primaestivus
Melanoplus propinquus
Melanoplus puer (Least Short-winged Locust)
Melanoplus punctulatus (Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus pygmaeus (Pygmy Locust)
Melanoplus pyro
Melanoplus quercicola (Oak-loving Locust)
Melanoplus querneus (Oak Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus reflexus
Melanoplus regalis (Regal Grasshopper)
Melanoplus rehni
Melanoplus relictus
Melanoplus rentzi
Melanoplus repetinus
Melanoplus reyesensis
Melanoplus rileyanus (Riley's Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus rosor
Melanoplus rotundipennis (Round-winged Locust)
Melanoplus rugglesi (Nevada Sage Grasshopper)
Melanoplus rusticus
Melanoplus salmonis
Melanoplus saltator (Willamette Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper)
Melanoplus savannah
Melanoplus scapularis (Lesser Fork-tail Grasshopper)
Melanoplus scitulus
Melanoplus scudderi (Scudder's Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus sebringi
Melanoplus seltzerae
Melanoplus seminole
Melanoplus serrulatus (Nantahala Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus shoshoni
Melanoplus similis
Melanoplus siskiyou
Melanoplus snowii
Melanoplus sol
Melanoplus solitarius
Melanoplus solitudinis
Melanoplus sonomaensis (Morse's Locust)
Melanoplus spearmani
Melanoplus splendidus (Juniper Grasshopper)
Melanoplus spretus (Rocky Mountain Locust) (Extinct)
Melanoplus stegocercus (Stegocercus Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus stipes
Melanoplus stonei (Stone's Locust)
Melanoplus strumosus (Swollen Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus stupefactus
Melanoplus sumichrasti
Melanoplus sutanex
Melanoplus sylvaticus
Melanoplus sylvestris
Melanoplus symmetricus (Symmetrical Locust)
Melanoplus taurus
Melanoplus tendoyense
Melanoplus tepidus
Melanoplus tequestae (Tequestae Scrub Grasshopper)
Melanoplus terminalis
Melanoplus texanus (Texas Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus texarkana
Melanoplus texensis
Melanoplus thomasi (Thomas's Two-striped Grasshopper)
Melanoplus tincupense
Melanoplus torridus
Melanoplus trachodes
Melanoplus triangularis
Melanoplus tribuloides
Melanoplus tribulus (Tribulus Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus trigeminus
Melanoplus trinitense
Melanoplus tristis
Melanoplus truncatus (Truncate-cercus Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus tuberculatus (Quanah Grasshopper)
Melanoplus tumidicercus (Broadcercus Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus tunicae (Tunica Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus turnidicercus
Melanoplus uinta
Melanoplus unguicercus
Melanoplus utahensis
Melanoplus validus
Melanoplus viola
Melanoplus virgatus
Melanoplus viridipes (Green-legged Locust)
Melanoplus vulnus
Melanoplus wai
Melanoplus walshii (Walsh's Locust)
Melanoplus wappo
Melanoplus warneri (Warner's Spur-throat Grasshopper)
Melanoplus washingtonius (Washington Short-wing Grasshopper)
Melanoplus wilsoni
Melanoplus wintunus
Melanoplus withingtoni
Melanoplus withlacoocheensis
Melanoplus xenus
Melanoplus yarrowii (Yarrow's Grasshopper)
Melanoplus zabro
Melanoplus zento
Melanoplus zeus

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0