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Melanoplus mexicanus  (Saussure, 1861)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 658871

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderPolyneoptera   
                               OrderOrthoptera  – grasshoppers, locusts, criquet-locustes, locustes, sauterelles, gafanhoto, grilo, crickets, katydids  
                                  SuborderCaelifera   
                                     InfraorderAcrididea   
                                        SuperfamilyAcridoidea MacLeay, 1819  
                                           FamilyAcrididae MacLeay, 1819 – grasshoppers, short-horned grasshoppers  
                                              SubfamilyMelanoplinae   
                                                 GenusMelanoplus Stĺl, 1873  
                                                    SpeciesMelanoplus mexicanus (Saussure, 1861)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Otte, Daniel  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Orthoptera Species File 4   
  Page(s): 518   
  Publisher: The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia   
  Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9640101-5-1   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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