Melanoplus rileyanus
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. rileyanus
Binomial name
Melanoplus rileyanus
Scudder, 1897

Melanoplus rileyanus, known generally as the Riley's short-wing grasshopper or Riley's 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]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus rileyanus:

  • Melanoplus rileyanus rileyanus Scudder, 1897 i c g
  • Melanoplus rileyanus varicus Scudder, 1879 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 rileyanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. 1 2 "Melanoplus rileyanus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "Melanoplus rileyanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. 1 2 "Melanoplus rileyanus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  5. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-24.


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