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Melanoplus
Taxonomy
Melanoplus was named by Stal (1873). It is extant. It is the type genus of Melanoplini, Melanoplinae.
It was assigned to Melanoplini by Zeuner (1941), Chapco (2013).
It was assigned to Melanoplini by Zeuner (1941), Chapco (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Melanoplus Stal 1873
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Melanoplus differentialis Thomas 1865
Melanoplus frigidus Boheman 1846 [narrow-winged locust]
†Melanoplus spretus Walsh 1866 [Rocky Mountain locust]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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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
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 |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | M. differentialis (44954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ukraine | M. frigidus (113753) | |
| Holocene | USA (Montana) | M. spretus (185941) | |
| Holocene | USA (Wyoming) | M. spretus (185942) |