Melanoplus complanatipes, the western sagebrush grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3] It is found in Central America and North America.[2][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Species: | M. complanatipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus complanatipes Scudder, 1897
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Subspecies
edit- Melanoplus complanatipes canonicus Scudder, 1897
- Melanoplus complanatipes complanatipes Scudder, 1897
References
edit- ^ "Melanoplus complanatipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ a b "Melanoplus complanatipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Melanoplus complanatipes Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
- ^ "Orthoptera Species File Online".
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Capinera J.L; Scott R.D.; Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
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