Melanoplini is a tribe of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 19 genera and more than 200 described species in Melanoplini, all in North America.[1][2] Their biogeography shows that many species in the tribe have descendants from the Eocene epoch and Miocene epoch. [3]

Melanoplini
Aeoloplides chenopodii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Scudder, 1897
Phoetaliotes nebrascensis

Genera

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These 19 genera belong to the tribe Melanoplini:[1]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. ^ a b "Melanoplini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  3. ^ Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana (2011). "Evolutionary history and taxonomy of a short-horned grasshopper subfamily: The melanoplinae (orthoptera: Acrididae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (1): 22–32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.003. PMID 20643218. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  5. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  6. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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