Melanoplus stonei

Melanoplus stonei, known generally as the Stone's grasshopper or Stone's locust, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[1][6]

Melanoplus stonei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Genus:	Melanoplus
Species:	M. stonei
Binomial name
Melanoplus stonei Rehn, 1904

References

1. "Melanoplus stonei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
2. "Melanoplus stonei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
3. "Melanoplus stonei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
4. "Melanoplus stonei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
5. "Melanoplus stonei Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
6. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-03-29.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Knowles, L.Lacey; Otte, D. (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 421–431. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0421:PAOMGF]2.0.CO;2.
• Lockwood, Jeffrey A. (2004). Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465041671.