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Rocky Mountain Locust

Melanoplus spretus

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Melanoplus spretus
Species recognized by NCBI, EOL authors, and United States Species List
Melanoplus spretus
Melanoplus spretus (Walsh 1866)
Caloptenus spretus Walsh
Recognized by NMNH type specimens
Melanoplus spretus
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database
Melanoplus spretus
Melanoplus spretus Scudder
Recognized by NMNH type specimens

Alternative Names

Caloptenus spretus Walsh 1866
Caloptenus spretus fm. coeruleipes Cockerell 1889
Caloptenus coeruleipes Cockerell 1889
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Caloptenus spretus
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Caloptenus spretus Walsh 1866
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Melanoplus spretis
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pezotettix (Melanoplus) spretus (Walsh 1866)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Rocky Mountain Locust preferred
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web and admin
Rocky Mountain locust
Recognized by Paleobiology Database

Curated hierarchies for Melanoplus spretus

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera Latreille 1810
Caelifera Ander 1936
Acrididea Targioni-Tozzetti 1882
Acridomorpha MacLeay 1821
Acridoidea MacLeay 1821
Acrididae MacLeay 1821
Melanoplinae Scudder 1897
Melanoplini Scudder 1897
Melanoplus Stål 1873
256 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Polyneoptera
Orthopterida
Orthoptera
Caelifera
Acridoidea
Acrididae
Melanoplus
256 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
Melanoplus Stål 1873
259 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Hexapoda
Insecta
Pterygota
Neoptera
Polyneoptera
Orthoptera
Caelifera
Acrididea
Acridoidea MacLeay 1819
Acrididae MacLeay 1819
Melanoplinae
Melanoplus Stål 1873
138 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Acrididae
60 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea