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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Melanoplini » Melanoplus

Genus Melanoplus

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

Species ablutus - Melanoplus ablutus
Species adelogyrus - St. Johns Short-wing Grasshopper
Species alabamae - Alabama Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species alpinus - Alpine Grasshopper
Species angularis - Angularis Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species angustipennis - Narrow-winged Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species apalachicolae - Apalachicola Short-wing Grasshopper
Species aridus - Arid Lands Spur-Throat Grasshopper
Species arizonae - Arizona Spur-Throat Grasshopper
Species artemisiae - Sagebrush Short-wing Grasshopper
Species ascensus - Shasta Short-wing Grasshopper
Species aspasmus - Striking Short-wing Grasshopper
Species attenuatus - Slender-bodied Short-wing Grasshopper
Species bernardinae - Melanoplus bernardinae
Species bispinosus - Two-spined Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species bivittatus - Two-striped Grasshopper
Species borealis - Northern Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species bowditchi - Sagebrush Grasshopper
Species bruneri - Bruner's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species calidus - Sacramento Short-wing Grasshopper
Species cameronis - Brownsville Short-wing Grasshopper
Species carnegiei - Carnegie Short-wing Grasshopper
Species celatus - Sylvan Short-wing Grasshopper
Species chiricahuae - Chiricahua Short-wing Grasshopper
Species cinereus - Grayish Sagebrush Grasshopper
Species clypeatus - Shield-tailed Grasshopper
Species complanatipes - Western Sagebrush Grasshopper
Species confusus - Pasture Grasshopper
Species davisi - Davis' Oak Grasshopper
Species dawsoni - Dawson's Grasshopper
Species decorus - Decorated Short-wing Grasshopper
Species devastator - Devastating Grasshopper
Species devius - Devious Short-wing Grasshopper
Species differentialis - Differential Grasshopper
Species digitifer - Melanoplus digitifer
Species discolor - Contrasting Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species divergens - Lobecercus Short-wing Grasshopper
Species dodgei-species-group - Dodge's Short-wing Grasshopper, and others
Species eumera - Canyon Grasshopper
Species fasciatus - Huckleberry Grasshopper
Species femurnigrum - Black-legged Grasshopper
Species femurrubrum - Red-legged Grasshopper
Species flabellatus - Dallas Short-wing Grasshopper
Species flavidus - Yellowish Spur-Throat Grasshopper
Species fluviatilis - Sandbar Grasshopper
Species foedus - Striped Sand Grasshopper
Species forcipatus - Toothcercus Shortwing Grasshopper
Species foxi - Fox's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species franciscanus - San Francisco Short-wing Grasshopper
Species frigidus - Nordic Mountain Grasshopper
Species fricki - Melanoplus fricki
Species furcatus - Larger Fork-tail Grasshopper
Species gladstoni - Gladston's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species glaucipes - Glaucus-legged Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species gracilipes - Slender-legged Grasshopper
Species gracilis - Graceful Grasshopper
Species gurneyi - Gurney's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species herbaceus - Arrowweed Grasshopper
Species huroni - Huron Short-wing Grasshopper
Species immunis - Melanoplus immunis
Species impudicus - Immodest Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species inconspicuus - Inconspicuous Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species indicifer - Spinecercus Short-wing Grasshopper
Species infantilis - Little Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species islandicus - Island Short-wing Grasshopper
Species keeleri - Keeler's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species kennicottii - Kennicott's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species lakinus - Lakin Grasshopper
Species lemhiensis - Lemhi Short-wing Grasshopper
Species ligneolus - Wood-colored Short-wing Grasshopper
Species macclungi - Kansas Juniper Grasshopper
Species magdalenae - Magdalena Short-wing Grasshopper
Species mancus - Smith's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species marginatus - Margined Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species militaris - Military Spur-throat Gasshopper
Species mirus - Weldon Short-wing Grasshopper
Species montanus-species-group - Montana Short-wing Grasshopper
Species nanciae - Ocala Clawcercus Grasshopper
Species nigrescens - Dark-sided Grasshopper
Species nossi - Melanoplus nossi
Species nubilus - Nubile Short-wing Grasshopper
Species occidentalis - Flabellate Grasshopper
Species oklahomae - Oklahoma Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species ordwayae - Trail Ridge Scrub Grasshopper
Species oregonensis - Oregon Short-wing Grasshopper
Species oreophilus - Mount Hood Short-wing Grasshopper
Species ottei - Melanoplus ottei
Species packardii - Packard's Grasshopper
Species payettei - Payette's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species pictus - Pictured Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species pinaleno - Pinaleno Short-wing Grasshopper
Species platycercus - Whitney Short-wing Grasshopper
Species plebejus - Plebeian Short-wing Grasshopper
Species ponderosus - Ponderous Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species puer - Least Short-wing Grasshopper
Species punctulatus - Pine Tree Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species pygmaeus - Pygmy Short-wing Grasshopper
Species quercicola - Oak-loving Short-wing Grasshopper
Species querneus - Oak Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species regalis - Regal Grasshopper
Species rileyanus - Riley's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species rotundipennis - Round-winged Grasshopper
Species rugglesi - Nevada Sage Grasshopper
Species rusticus-decoratus-species-group - Obovate-winged Grasshopper
Species saltator - Willamette Short-wing Grasshopper
Species sanguinipes - Migratory Grasshopper
Species scapularis - Lesser Fork-tail Grasshopper
Species scudderi - Scudder's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species serrulatus - Nantahala Short-wing Grasshopper
Species snowi - Snow's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species splendidus - Juniper Grasshopper
Species spretus - Rocky Mountain Locust
Species stegocercus - Stegocercus Short-wing Grasshopper
Species stonei - Stone's Grasshopper
Species strumosus - Swollen Short-wing Grasshopper
Species tequestae - Tequestae Scrub Grasshopper
Species texanus - Texas Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species texensis - Melanoplus texensis
Species thomasi - Thomas's Two-striped Grasshopper
Species tribulus - Tribulus Short-wing Grasshopper
Species truncatus - Truncate-cercus Short-wing Grasshopper
Species tuberculatus - Quanah Grasshopper
Species tumidicercus - Broadcercus Short-wing Grasshopper
Species tunicae - Tunica Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species viridipes-species-group - Green-legged Grasshopper
Species walshii - Walsh's Short-wing Grasshopper
Species warneri - Warner's Spur-throat Grasshopper
Species washingtonius - Washington Short-wing Grasshopper
Species withlacoocheensis - Withlacoochee Grasshopper
Species yarrowii - Yarrow's Grasshopper
Species unknown-species - from Georgia & Carolina
No Taxon Probable Hybrids
No Taxon Unidentified Eastern Short-winged Melanoplus
No Taxon Unidentified Western Short-winged Melanoplus
No Taxon Unidentified Long-winged Melanoplus
No Taxon Unidentified Melanoplus Nymphs

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