Melanoplus washingtonius

Melanoplus washingtonius, the Washington short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2][3]

Melanoplus washingtonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Family:
Acrididae
Subfamily:
Melanoplinae
Genus:
Melanoplus
Species:
M. washingtonius
Binomial name
Melanoplus washingtonius
(Bruner, 1885)

References
  1. "Melanoplus washingtonius Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. "Melanoplus washingtonius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  • Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
  • Otte, Daniel (1995). "Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C". Orthoptera Species File 4, 518.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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