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Tribe Melanoplini

Melanoplus foxi Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae): Rediscovered After Almost 60 Years ...

By Derek A. Woller, Jovonn Hill
Transactions of the American Entomological Society 141: 545-57, 2015

full title: Melanoplus foxi Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae): Rediscovered After Almost 60 Years Using Historical Field Notes Connected to Curated Specimens
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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 31 October, 2017 - 7:42pm

Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier

By Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Basic Books, 2004

An interesting work that gives an extensive historical and social background on this species.
ISBN-13: 978-0738208947
A review is here.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 4 January, 2009 - 3:33pm

Revision of the Genus Paraidemona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Acrididae, Melanoplinae)

By Daniel Otte
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2019

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Contributed by Tyler Hedlund on 15 February, 2023 - 1:52pm

Desert diversification: revision of Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) with descriptions of sixtee

By JoVonn Hill
ZooKeys, 2024

Desert diversification: revision of Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae) with descriptions of sixteen new species from the United States and Mexico

doi:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1218.133703

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Contributed by Tyler Hedlund on 22 November, 2024 - 8:57am

The First Record of Phaulotettix ablusus From The United States (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)

By Tyler J. Hedlund, M. Jared Thomas and Sam W. Heads
Entomological News, 2023

Volume 130, Number 5, August 2023. Has not been published to BioOne yet, please contact Tyler Hedlund if you want a PDF copy.

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Contributed by Tyler Hedlund on 22 January, 2024 - 9:35am

Diversification deep in the heart of Texas: seven new grasshopper species and establishment of the Melanoplus discolor ...

By JoVonn G. Hill
ZooKeys 1165: 101-136, 2023

Full title: Diversification deep in the heart of Texas: seven new grasshopper species and establishment of the Melanoplus discolor species group (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae)

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 13 November, 2024 - 8:09pm

Evolution, Diversification, and Biogeography of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

By Hojun Song, Ricardo Mariño-Pérez, Derek A Woller, Maria Marta Cigliano
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2(4):3, 1-25, 2018

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 20 October, 2020 - 7:21am

How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies

By Jacques R. Helfer
Wm. C. Brown Company, 1962

Part of the original Pictured Key Nature Series. I have only seen the 1962 original paperback. There was a 1987 Dover reprint, apparently of the 1972 (2nd) edition.
Covers grasshoppers, termites, cockroaches, and mantids. Has 540 good black-and-white illustrations. Though somewhat dated, has more thorough coverage of some groups (e.g., Pygmy Grasshoppers, Tetrigidae) than more recent popular guides. Worth finding if you are interested in orthoptera.

The 1987 Dover reprint of the 2nd edition includes a new preface, new footnotes, new illustrations, treatment of crickets, and a

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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 March, 2004 - 10:57pm

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