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Melanoplus payettei

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Melanoplus payettei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Genus: Melanoplus
Species:
M. payettei
Binomial name
Melanoplus payettei
Hebard, 1936

Melanoplus payettei, or Payette's short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5]

Wolves of the species Canis lupis have been known to consume these grasshoppers. One wolf was even known to have eaten 181 in a single sitting.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Melanoplus payettei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ^ "Melanoplus payettei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. ^ "Melanoplus payettei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. ^ "Melanoplus payettei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  6. ^ Barton, Brandon T.; Hill, JoVonn G.; Wolff, Carter L.; Newsome, Thomas M.; Ripple, William J.; Lashley, Marcus A. (2019-09-18). "Grasshopper consumption by grey wolves and implications for ecosystems". Ecology. 101 (2). doi:10.1002/ecy.2892. ISSN 0012-9658.