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Melanoplus

Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

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) and Chapco (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Melanoplus Stal p. 79
1941Melanoplus Zeuner
2013Melanoplus Chapco

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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
genusMelanoplusStal 1873

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 frigidus Boheman 1846 [narrow-winged locust]
†Melanoplus spretus Walsh 1866 [Rocky Mountain locust]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available