Melanoplus platycercus, the Whitney short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5]
| Melanoplus platycercus | |
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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. platycercus
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus platycercus Hebard, 1920
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References
edit- ^ a b "Melanoplus platycercus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Melanoplus platycercus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Melanoplus platycercus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "Melanoplus platycercus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-05-06.