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Spur-throated Grasshoppers
Melanoplinae
The Melanoplinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. They are distributed across the Holarctic and Neotropical realms. They are one of the two largest subfamilies in the Acrididae. As of 2001 the Melanoplinae contained over 800 species in over 100 genera, with more species being described continuously.
29 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Melanoplini
tribeMelanoplini
Podismini
tribePodismini
Dichroplini
tribeDichroplini
Dactylotini
tribeDactylotini
Aidemona
genusAidemona
Conalcaeini
tribeConalcaeini
Jivarini
tribeJivarini
Akamasacris
genusAkamasacris
Pedies
genusPedies
Parascopas
genusParascopas
Propedies
genusPropedies
Olympic Grasshoppers
genusNisquallia
Psilotettix
genusPsilotettix
Oaxaca
genusOaxaca
Mexitettix
genusMexitettix
Cohnita
genusCohnita
Agnostokasia
genusAgnostokasia
Radacris
genusRadacris
Ozmacris
genusOzmacris
Karokia
genusKarokia
Bajatettix
genusBajatettix
Mexacris
genusMexacris
Tiyantiyana
genusTiyantiyana
Stegotettix
genusStegotettix
Calotettix
genusCalotettix
Emeiacris
genusEmeiacris
Duartettix
genusDuartettix
Tijucella
genusTijucella
Longgenacris
genusLonggenacris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Melanoplinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 328102.