Tribe Melanoplini Scudder 1897 (short-horned grasshopper)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae
Parent taxon: Melanoplinae according to W. Chapco 2013
See also Storozhenko et al. 2015 and Zeuner 1941
Sister taxon: Podismini
Subtaxa: Melanoplus
Type: Melanoplus
Ecology: fast-moving ground dwelling grazer-herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ukraine (1 collection), United States (3: California, Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence