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Melanoplini

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

Taxonomy
Melanoplini was named by Scudder (1897). It is extant. Its type is Melanoplus.

It was assigned to Melanoplinae by Chapco (2013); and to Catantopinae by Zeuner (1941) and Storozhenko et al. (2015).

Subtaxa
Melanoplus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Melanoplini Scudder
1941Melanoplini Zeuner
2013Melanoplini Chapco
2015Melanoplini Storozhenko et al. p. 198

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
RankNameAuthor
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—PolyneopteraMartynov 1938
orderOrthoptera
suborderCaelifera
infraorderAcridideaMacLeay 1821
—Acridomorpha
superfamilyAcridoidea
familyAcrididae()
subfamilyMelanoplinaeScudder 1897
tribeMelanopliniScudder 1897
tribeMelanopliniScudder 1897

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Melanoplini Scudder 1897
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G. Melanoplus Stal 1873
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Melanoplus frigidus Boheman 1846 [narrow-winged locust]
†Melanoplus spretus Walsh 1866 [Rocky Mountain locust]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinsubo
Grouping: gregarioussubo
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: fast-movingsubo
Life habit: ground dwellingsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Diet 2: herbivoresubo
Vision: well-developedsubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Dispersal: direct/internalsubo
Dispersal 2: mobilesubo
Created: 2011-07-02 09:51:38
Modified: 2011-07-01 18:51:38
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Tillyard 1921

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Melanoplus frigidus (113753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Melanoplus differentialis (44954)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Wyoming) Melanoplus spretus (185942)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Melanoplus spretus (185941)