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Genus Melanoplus

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids
Suborder Caelifera - Grasshoppers
Family Acrididae - Short-horned Grasshoppers
Subfamily Melanoplinae - Spur-throated Grasshoppers
Genus Melanoplus

Species angustipennis - Melanoplus angustipennis
Species aridus - Arid Lands Spur-Throat Grasshopper
Species bispinosus - Melanoplus bispinosus
Species bivittatus - Two-Striped Grasshopper
Species borealis - Northern Spurthroat Grasshopper
Species cinereus - Melanoplus cinereus
Species confusus - Pasture Grasshopper
Species devastator - Devastating Grasshopper
Species differentialis - Differential Grasshopper
Species femurrubrum - Red-legged Grasshopper
Species franciscanus - Melanoplus franciscanus
Species gracilis - Melanoplus gracilis
Species herbaceus - Melanoplus herbaceus
Species keeleri - Keeler's Spurthroat Grasshopper
Species lakinus - Melanoplus lakinus
Species occidentalis - Melanoplus occidentalis
Species packardi - Packard's Grasshopper
Species ponderosus - Melanoplus ponderosus
Species punctulatus - Pine Tree Spurthroat Grasshopper
Species querneus - Melanoplus querneus
Species sanguinipes - Migratory Grasshopper
Species scudderi - Scudder's Short-winged Grasshopper
Species spretus - Rocky Mountain Locust
Species thomasi - Melanoplus thomasi
Species viridipes - Green-legged Grasshopper
Species yarrowii - Melanoplus yarrowii
Species islandicus - Melanoplus islandicus
Species gladstoni - Melanoplus gladstoni

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