Melanoplini

Melanoplini
	Aeoloplides chenopodii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini; Scudder, 1897

Melanoplini is a tribe of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 19 genera and more than 200 described species in Melanoplini, all in North America. Their biogeography shows that many species in the tribe have descendants from the Eocene epoch and Miocene epoch.

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the tribe Melanoplini:

Aeoloplides Caudell, 1916^{i c g b}
Agroecotettix Bruner, 1908^{i c g b}
Aptenopedes Scudder, 1878^{i c g b}
Cephalotettix Scudder, 1897^{c g}
Chloroplus Hebard, 1918^{i c g b}
Eotettix Scudder, 1897^{i c g b}
Floridacris Otte, 2014^{c g}
Floritettix Otte, 2014^{c g}
Hesperotettix Scudder, 1876^{i c g b}
Hypochlora Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893^{i c g b}
Melanoplus Stål, 1873^{i c g b}
Necaxacris Roberts, 1939^{c g}
Netrosoma Scudder, 1897^{c g b}
Oedaleonotus Scudder, 1897^{i c g b}
Paroxya Scudder, 1877^{i c g b}
Phaedrotettix Scudder, 1897^{i c g b}
Philocleon Scudder, 1897^{c g b}
Phoetaliotes Scudder, 1897^{i c g b}
Sinaloa Scudder, 1897^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
1 2 "Melanoplini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
↑ Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana (2011). "Evolutionary history and taxonomy of a short-horned grasshopper subfamily: The melanoplinae (orthoptera: Acrididae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (1): 22–32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.003. PMID 20643218. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
↑ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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.
Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.

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[Otte2018-1] 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[bugguide-2] 1 2 "Melanoplini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[biogeo-3] Chintauan-Marquier, Ioana (2011). "Evolutionary history and taxonomy of a short-horned grasshopper subfamily: The melanoplinae (orthoptera: Acrididae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (1): 22–32. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.003. PMID 20643218. Retrieved April 10, 2019.

[itis-4] "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[catlife-5] "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

[gbif-6] "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

Melanoplini

Genera

References

Further reading