Melanoplus forcipatus is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae ("spur-throated grasshoppers"), in the family Acrididae ("short-horned grasshoppers").[1][2] The species is known generally as the "toothcercus shortwing grasshopper" or "broad cercus scrub grasshopper".[3] It is endemic to scrub and sandhill communities in Highlands and Orange counties in Florida.[4]
| Melanoplus forcipatus | |
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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. forcipatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus forcipatus Hubbell, 1932
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References
edit- ^ "Melanoplus forcipatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Melanoplus forcipatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Melanoplus forcipatus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ Deyrup, Mark (Autumn 1989). "Arthropods Endemic to Florida Scrub". Florida Scientist. 52 (4): 260. JSTOR 24320532.
Further reading
edit- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- 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.