Melanoplus confusus, known generally as pasture grasshopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae. Other common names include the pasture spur-throat grasshopper and little pasture locust. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4][5]
Melanoplus confusus | |
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Melanoplus glaucipes, glaucus-legged spur-throat grasshopper, Texas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Melanoplinae |
Tribe: | Melanoplini |
Genus: | Melanoplus |
Species: | M. confusus
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Binomial name | |
Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Melanoplus confusus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "Melanoplus confusus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "Melanoplus confusus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ "Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "species Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Melanoplus confusus at iNaturalist
- Media related to Melanoplus confusus at Wikimedia Commons