Melanoplini

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.[1][2] Their biogeography shows that many species in the tribe have descendants from the Eocene epoch and Miocene epoch. [3]

Phoetaliotes nebrascensis

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

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the tribe Melanoplini:[1]

• 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,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
2. "Melanoplini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
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.
4. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
5. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
6. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.

Further reading

• 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. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.