Melanoplus aridus, the arid lands spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5] It is known to feed on Flourensia cernua leaves, among other plants. [6]
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Melanoplus aridus at Texas Canyon Rest Area, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. -
Melanoplus aridus at Peña Blanca, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA. -
Melanoplus aridus molting
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Melanoplini |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Species: | M. aridus
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| Melanoplus aridus (Scudder, 1878)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Melanoplus aridus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Melanoplus aridus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Melanoplus aridus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ "Melanoplus aridus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-03.
- ^ Richerson, Jim V.; Boldt, Paul E. (1 June 1995). "Phytophagous Insect Fauna of Flourensia cernua (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) in Trans-Pecos Texas and Arizona". Environmental Entomology. 24 (3): 588–594. doi:10.1093/ee/24.3.588.
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