Melanoplus packardii, known generally as the "Packard's grasshopper", is a species of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]
| Melanoplus packardii | |
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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. packardii
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878
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References
edit- ^ "Melanoplus packardii Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ a b "Melanoplus packardii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Images and collection data for Melanoplus packardii". Pictures from Earth. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
- Otte, Daniel (1995). "Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C". Orthoptera Species File 4, 518.
Further reading
edit- NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Melanoplus packardii
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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