Melanoplus forcipatus

Melanoplus forcipatus is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae ("spur-throated grasshoppers"), in the family Acrididae ("short-horned grasshoppers").^[1][2] The species is known generally as the "toothcercus shortwing grasshopper" or "broad cercus scrub grasshopper".^[3] It is endemic to scrub and sandhill communities in Highlands and Orange counties in Florida.^[4]

Melanoplus forcipatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Genus:	Melanoplus
Species:	M. forcipatus
Binomial name
Melanoplus forcipatus Hubbell, 1932

References

1. "Melanoplus forcipatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
2. "Melanoplus forcipatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
3. "Melanoplus forcipatus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. Deyrup, Mark (Autumn 1989). "Arthropods Endemic to Florida Scrub". Florida Scientist. 52 (4): 260. JSTOR 24320532.

Further reading

• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
• 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.