Melanoplus stonei, known generally as the Stone's grasshopper or Stone's locust, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[1][6]
| Melanoplus stonei | |
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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. stonei
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus stonei Rehn, 1904
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References
edit- ^ a b "Melanoplus stonei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ "Melanoplus stonei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ "Melanoplus stonei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ "Melanoplus stonei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ "Melanoplus stonei Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-03-29.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
- Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Knowles, L.Lacey; Otte, D. (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 421–431. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0421:PAOMGF]2.0.CO;2.
- Lockwood, Jeffrey A. (2004). Locust: The Devastating Rise And Mysterious Disappearance Of The Insect That Shaped The American Frontier. Basic Books. ISBN 978-0465041671.