Grasshoppers of Mississippi (species list)
JoVonn G. Hill
As part of an ongoing study of the grasshopper fauna of the southeastern U.S., reliable literature records were gathered to identify what species had been previously documented from each state. The annotated list below contains 51 taxa that have been documented in Mississippi followed by whether specimens from the state are present in the Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM) and the literature records documenting the species in the state. This list will be updated with more literature and species records as the fauna of Mississippi is studied more intently.
The list is currently arranged taxonomically by subfamily and then alphabetically within each subfamily. Taxonomy follows Eades et al. (2010).
GOMPHOCERINAE
Achurum carinatum (Walker): MEM, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1981
Amblytropidia mysteca (Saussure): MEM, Morse 1907, Otte 1981, Hill 2007
Dichromorpha elegans (Morse): MEM, Morse 1907, Blatchley 1920
Dichromorpha viridis (Scudder): MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1956, Otte 1981, Lago et a. 1988
Mermiria bivittata (Serville): MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1957, Otte 1981, Hill 2007
Mermiria picta (Walker): MEM, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1981, Hill 2007
Orphulella pelidna (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1957, Otte 1981, Lago et al. 1988, Hill 2007
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder): MEM, USDA 1957, Otte 1981, Lago et al. 1988
Pseudopomala brachyptera (Scudder): MEM, Hill 2005, Hill 2007
Syrbula admirabilis (Uhler): MEM, Morse 1907, Hill 2007
ACRIDINAE
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson): MEM, Otte 1981
OEDIPODINAE
Arphia granulata (Sassure): MEM, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1984
Arphia sulphurea (Fabricius): MEM, Morse 1907, Otte 1984, Hill 2007
Arphia xanthoptera (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1907, Otte 1984, Hill 2007
Chortophaga austrailor Rehn & Hebard: MEM, Otte 1984
Chortophaga viridifasciata (DeGeer): MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1956, Otte 1984, Lago et a. 1988, Hill 2007
Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus): MEM, Morse 1907, Richmond 1962, USDA 1956, Otte 1984, Lago et a. 1988, Hill 2007.
Hippiscus ocelote (Saussure): MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1956, Otte 1984, Hill 2007
Pardalophora phoenicoptera (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1907, Blatchley 1920, USDA 1957, Otte 1984, Hill 2007
Psinidia fenestralis (Serville): MEM, Morse 1907, Blatchley 1920, Richmond 1962, Otte 1984, Lago et a. 1988
Spharagemon bolli Scudder: MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1957, Richmond 1962, Otte 1984, Hill 2007
Spharagemon marmorata picta (Scudder): MEM, Morse 1907, Blatchley 1920, Otte 1984
Trachyrhachys kiowa (Thomas): MEM, Blatchley 1920, Hill 2007
Trimerotropis maritima (Harris): MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1957, Richmond 1962, Otte 1984, Lago et al. 1988, Hill 2007
LEPTYSMINAE
Leptysma marginicollis (Serville): MEM, Morse 1907, Rehn and Eades 1961, Lago et a. 1988, Hill 2007
CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE
Schistocerca alutacea Harris: MEM, Morse 1907, Hubbell 1960, Song 2004
Schistocerca americana (Drury): MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1957, Richmond 1962, Lago et al. 1988, Hill 2007
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure): MEM, Hill 2007.
Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius): MEM, Morse 1907, Lago et al. 1988, Song 2004, Hill 2007
Schistocerca lineata Scudder: Song 2004.
Schistocerca rubiginosa (Harris): MEM, Hubbell 1960
MELANOPLINAE
Campylacantha olivacea (Scudder): MEM, USDA 1956, Hill 2005, Hill 2007
Hesperotettix viridis brevipennis (Thomas): MEM, Hill 2007
Melanoplus bivitttatus (Say): MEM, Hill 2007
Melanoplus differentialis differentialis (Thomas): MEM, Blatchley 1920, Roberts 1942, USDA 1956, Hill 2007
Melanoplus differentialis nigricans Cockerell: Lago et al. 1988.
Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer): MEM, Dakin 1985, Hill 2007
Melanoplus gracillis (Bruner): MEM, Hebard 1935, Otte 2002
Melanoplus impudicus Scudder: MEM, Morse 1907, Gurney 1941
Melanoplus keeleri keeleri (Thomas): MEM, Hill 2007
Melanoplus ponderosus ponderosus (Scudder): USDA 1957.
Melanoplus propinquus Scudder: MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1956, Dakin 1985, Lago et al. 1988
Melanoplus punctulatus arboreus Scudder: MEM, Lago et al. 1988
Melanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus Gurney and Brooks: MEM, Morse 1907, USDA 1957, Gurney and Brooks 1959, Hill 2007
Melanoplus scudderi scudderi (Uhler): MEM, USDA 1957 Hill 2007
Melanoplus tepidus Morse: MEM, Morse 1906, Morse 1907, Hill 2007
Melanoplus tunicae Hebard: MEM, Hebard 1920
Melanoplus vulnus Eades: MEM, Morse 1907, Eades 1959
Paroxya atlantica Scudder: MEM, Morse 1907, Lago et al. 1988
Paroxya clavuliger (Serville): MEM, Morse 1907
ROMALEIDAE
Romalea microptera (Beauvois): MEM, Morse 1907, Rehn and Grant 1959, Rehn and Grant 1961, Hill 2007
Literature Cited
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Dakin, M. E. 1985. A review of the Melanoplus femur-rubrum group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) in the southeastern United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 111: 385-398.
Eades, D. C. 1959. A new species of Melanoplus from the southeastern United States (Orthoptera, Acridiae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. 614. 11pp
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Gurney, A. B. 1941. Taxonomic and bionomic notes on the grasshopper Melanoplus impudicus Scudder (Orthoptera: Acrididae) The American Midland Naturalist 26: 558-569.
Gurney, A. B. and A. R. Brooks. 1959. Grasshoppers of the Mexicanus group, genus Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididiae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 110: 1-93.
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Hill, J. G. 2005. Disjunct distributions of Pseudopomala brachyptera and Campylacantha olivacea (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in blackland prairies of Mississippi. Entomological News 116: 127-130.
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Richmond, E. A. 1962. The flora and fauna of Horn Island, Mississippi. Gulf Research Reports 1: 59-106.
Roberts, H. R. 1942. Two subspecies of Melanoplus differntialis and related new species from Mexico with discussion of their variations. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 154: 151-166.
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