# Melanoplus

Melanoplus es un género de saltamontes perteneciente a la familia Acrididae.
Son saltamontes desde pequeños hasta relativamente grandes. De color liso, castaño, grisáceo o amarillento. Muchas especies son muy similares en apariencia y difíciles de diferenciar. Se alimentan preferentemente de plantas dicotiledóneas, pero también de algunas monocotiledóneas herbáceas. La mayoría pasan el invierno como huevos.
Están distribuidos ampliamente en Eurasia y Norteamérica, la mayoría, 239 especies en Norteamérica. Algunas especies son «langostas migratorias») en América del Norte.
* Melanoplus bivittatus
* Melanoplus differentialis
* Melanoplus femurrubrum

## Taxonomía

Melanoplus fue descrito por primera vez por el entomólogo sueco Carl Stål y publicado en Recensio Orthopterorum: Revue critique des Orthopteres par Linne, de Geer et Thunberg 1:79 en 1873.

## Especies

* Melanoplus ablutus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus acidocercus Hebard, 1919
* Melanoplus acrophilus Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus adapi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus adelogyrus Hubbell, 1932
* Melanoplus adox Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus aix Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus alabamae Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus alector Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus alexanderi Hilliard, 2001
* Melanoplus alpinus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus altitudinum Scudder, S.H., 1878
* Melanoplus andreasi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus angularis Little, 1932
* Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877
* Melanoplus apache Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus apalachicolae Hubbell, 1932
* Melanoplus arcanus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus aridus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus arizonae Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus arkansas Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus artemesiae Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus artemisiae Scudder, S.H., 1897
* Melanoplus ascensor Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus ascensus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus aspasmus Hebard, 1919
* Melanoplus aster Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus atangi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus attenuatus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus bakeri Hebard, 1932
* Melanoplus baldi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus baronei Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus beameri Hebard, 1932
* Melanoplus benni Otte, 2002
* Melanoplus bernardinae Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus betangi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus billyharrisi Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus birchimi Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus bispinosus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825
* Melanoplus bohemani Stål, 1878
* Melanoplus bonita Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus borealis Fieber, 1853
* Melanoplus boulderensis Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus bowditchi Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus buxtoni Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus calidus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus cameronis Roberts, 1947
* Melanoplus cancri Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus cantralli Dakin, 1966
* Melanoplus carinae Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus carnegiei Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus caroli Gurney and Helfer, 1960
* Melanoplus carolinensis Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus carrabellae Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus cedarense Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus celatus Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus chattahoochee Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus cherokee Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus chichimecus Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007
* Melanoplus childsi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus chimariki Gurney and Buxton, 1963
* Melanoplus chiricahuae Hebard, 1922
* Melanoplus chumash Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus cimatario Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007
* Melanoplus cinereus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus clypeatus Scudder, 1877
* Melanoplus cohni Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus complanatipes Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus coreyi Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus culebra Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus cumbres Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus cuneatus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus daemon Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus dakini Hilliard, 2001
* Melanoplus davisi (Hebard, 1918)
* Melanoplus dawsoni Scudder, 1875
* Melanoplus dealbatus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus debilis Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus deceptus Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus decoratus Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus decorus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus decurvus Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus delano Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus deletor Scudder, 1875
* Melanoplus desultorius Rehn, 1907
* Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus devius Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus diablo Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas, 1865)
* Melanoplus digitifer Hebard, 1936
* Melanoplus dimidipennis Bruner, 1904
* Melanoplus diminutus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus discolor Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus divergens Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus dodgei Thomas, 1871
* Melanoplus douglasi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus eccentricus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus edeva Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus elaphrus Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus elkhornense Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus empusa Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus eremitus Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus eumera Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus eurycercus Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus fasciatus F. Walker, 1870
* Melanoplus femurnigrum Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773
* Melanoplus flabellatus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus flechado Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus fluviatilis Bruner, L., 1897
* Melanoplus foedus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus folkertsi Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus forcipatus Hubbell, 1932
* Melanoplus foxi Hebard, 1923
* Melanoplus franciscanus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus francisdrakei Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus francoisensis Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus fricki Strohecker, 1960
* Melanoplus frigidus Boheman, 1846
* Melanoplus fultoni Hebard, 1922
* Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus gaspesiensis Vickery, 1970
* Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus glaucipes Scudder, 1875
* Melanoplus glymma Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus goedeni Gurney and Buxton, 1968
* Melanoplus gordonae Vickery, 1969
* Melanoplus gothicus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus gracilipes Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus gracilis (Bruner, 1876)
* Melanoplus gurneyi Strohecker, 1960
* Melanoplus haigi Gurney and Buxton, 1968
* Melanoplus harperi Gurney and Buxton, 1965
* Melanoplus harrisi Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus hatu Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus herbaceus Bruner, 1893
* Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919
* Melanoplus hilliardi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus hinei Thomas, E.S., 1930-1939
* Melanoplus hubbelli Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus hupah Strohecker and Helfer, 1963
* Melanoplus huporeus Hebard, 1919
* Melanoplus huroni Blatchley, 1898
* Melanoplus idaho Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus illash Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus immunis Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus impudicus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus imtenda Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus imto Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus inconspicuus Caudell, 1902
* Melanoplus indicifer Hubbell, 1933
* Melanoplus indigens Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus ingrami Hill, J.G., 2010
* Melanoplus irwinorum Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898
* Melanoplus ixalus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus jakei Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus janus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus jenniferae Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus jessicae Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus jillae Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus jucundus Scudder, 1876
* Melanoplus juvencus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus kasadi Gurney and Buxton, 1968
* Melanoplus keeleri Thomas, 1874
* Melanoplus keiferi Gurney and Buxton, 1963
* Melanoplus kendalli Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus kennicotti Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus kennicottii Scudder, S.H., 1878
* Melanoplus kissimmee Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus knowlesi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus lakinus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus lanthanus Hewitt and Skoog, 1970
* Melanoplus lapollai Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus latah Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus latifercula Caudell, 1903
* Melanoplus latus Morse, 1906
* Melanoplus laurelae Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus lemhiensis Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus lemurus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus lepidus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus ligneolus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus lilianae Otte, 2002
* Melanoplus lithophilus Gurney and Buxton, 1965
* Melanoplus littoralis Roberts, 1942
* Melanoplus lolo Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus longicornis Saussure, 1861
* Melanoplus longipsolus Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus lovetti Fulton, 1930
* Melanoplus ludivinae Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
* Melanoplus macclungi Rehn, 1946
* Melanoplus madeleineae Vickery and Kevan, 1977
* Melanoplus magdalenae Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus mancus Smith, 1868
* Melanoplus mantua Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus marginatus Scudder, 1876
* Melanoplus marshallii Thomas, 1875
* Melanoplus mastigiphallus Strohecker, 1941
* Melanoplus mcnaryi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus meridae Roberts, 1942
* Melanoplus meridionalis Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus mexicanus Saussure, 1861
* Melanoplus microtatus Hebard, 1919
* Melanoplus middlekauffi Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus militaris Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus mirus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
* Melanoplus mississippi Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus missoulae Hebard, 1936
* Melanoplus mixes Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
* Melanoplus mogollona Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus molothrus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus montanus (Thomas, 1873)
* Melanoplus morsei Blatchley, 1903
* Melanoplus muricolor Strohecker, 1960
* Melanoplus murieta Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus muscogee Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus nanciae Deyrup, 1997
* Melanoplus nanus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus napa Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus neomexicanus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus nigrescens Scudder, 1877
* Melanoplus nitidus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus nossi Hill, J.G., 2014
* Melanoplus novato Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus nubilus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
* Melanoplus nufioi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus oaxacae Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011
* Melanoplus obespsolus Rentz and Weissman, 1981
* Melanoplus obex Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus occidentalis (Thomas, 1872)
* Melanoplus ohadi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus oklahomae Hebard, 1937
* Melanoplus olamentke Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus optimus Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus ordwayae Deyrup, 1997
* Melanoplus oregonensis (Thomas, 1876)
* Melanoplus oregonis Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus oreophilus Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus ostentus Gurney and Buxton, 1968
* Melanoplus ottei Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus ouachita Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus ourayensis Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus ozarkensis Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus pachycercus Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus pahgre Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus papoosense Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus papyraedus Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus parvus Barrientos Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, 2013
* Melanoplus payettei Hebard, 1936
* Melanoplus peatus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus pegasus Hebard, 1919
* Melanoplus peninsularis Hubbell, 1932
* Melanoplus perezi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus phobetico Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus picropidzae Hebard, 1937
* Melanoplus pictus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus pinaleno Hebard, 1937
* Melanoplus pinctus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus pinicola Fulton, 1930
* Melanoplus platycercus Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus plebejus Stål, 1878
* Melanoplus ponderosus Scudder, 1875
* Melanoplus prescotti Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus primaestivus Dakin, 1966
* Melanoplus propinquus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus puer Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus punctulatus Scudder, 1863
* Melanoplus pygmaeus Davis, 1915
* Melanoplus pyro Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus quercicola Hebard, 1918
* Melanoplus querneus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
* Melanoplus reflexus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus regalis Dodge, 1876
* Melanoplus rehni Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus relictus Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus rentzi Otte, 1995
* Melanoplus repetinus Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus reyesensis Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus rileyanus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus rosor Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus rotundipennis Scudder, 1877
* Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949
* Melanoplus rusticus Stål, 1878
* Melanoplus salmonis Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus saltator Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798
* Melanoplus savannah Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus scapularis Rehn & Hebard, 1916
* Melanoplus scitulus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus scudderi Uhler, 1864
* Melanoplus sebringi Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus seltzerae Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus seminole Hubbell, 1932
* Melanoplus serrulatus Hebard, 1937
* Melanoplus shoshoni Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus similis Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus siskiyou Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus snowi (Snow's short-wing grasshopper)
* Melanoplus snowii Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus sol Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus solitarius Buzzetti, Barrientos Lozano & Fontana, 2010
* Melanoplus solitudinis Hebard, 1935
* Melanoplus sonomaensis Caudell, 1905
* Melanoplus spearmani Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus splendidus Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus spretus Walsh, 1866
* Melanoplus stegocercus Rehn & Hebard, 1916
* Melanoplus stipes Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus stonei Rehn, 1904
* Melanoplus strumosus Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus stupefactus (Scudder, S.H., 1876)
* Melanoplus sumichrasti Saussure, 1861
* Melanoplus sutanex Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus sylvaticus McNeill, 1899
* Melanoplus sylvestris Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus symmetricus Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus taurus Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus tendoyense Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus tepidus Morse, 1906
* Melanoplus tequestae Hubbell, 1932
* Melanoplus terminalis Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus texanus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus texarkana Hill, J.G., 2015
* Melanoplus texensis Hart, C.A., 1906
* Melanoplus thomasi Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus tincupense Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus torridus Roberts, H.R., 1947
* Melanoplus trachodes Barrientos Lozano & Rocha-Sánchez, 2013
* Melanoplus triangularis Hebard, 1928
* Melanoplus tribuloides Morse, 1906
* Melanoplus tribulus Morse, 1904
* Melanoplus trigeminus Strohecker, 1963
* Melanoplus trinitense Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus tristis Bruner, 1904
* Melanoplus truncatus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus tuberculatus Morse, 1906 (quanah grasshopper)
* Melanoplus tumidicercus Hubbell, 1932 (broadcercus short-wing grasshopper)
* Melanoplus tunicae Hebard, 1920
* Melanoplus uinta Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus utahensis Scudder, S.H., 1897
* Melanoplus validus Scudder, 1898
* Melanoplus variegatus Scudder, 1878
* Melanoplus viola Thomas, C., 1876
* Melanoplus virgatus Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus vulnus Eades, 1959
* Melanoplus wai Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897
* Melanoplus wappo Rentz, 1978
* Melanoplus warneri Little, 1932 (Warner's spur-throat grasshopper)
* Melanoplus washingtonius Bruner, 1885
* Melanoplus wilsoni Gurney, 1960
* Melanoplus wintunus Strohecker and Helfer, 1963
* Melanoplus withingtoni Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus withlacoocheenisis
* Melanoplus withlacoocheensis Squitier and Deyrup, 1998
* Melanoplus xenus Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus yarrowii Thomas, 1875
* Melanoplus zabro Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus zento Otte, D., 2012
* Melanoplus zeus Otte, D., 2012