Grasshoppers of Tennessee (species list)
JoVonn G. Hill
The first list of grasshoppers of Tennessee was compiled by Marcovitch (1920). Since then, additional species have been found in the state and several nomenclatural changes have been made. 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 58 taxa that have been documented in Tennessee 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 Tennessee 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
Amblytropidia mysteca (Saussure): MEM, Saussure 1861b, Blatchley 1920
Chloealtis conspersa Harris: USDA 1956, Otte 1981
Chorthippus curtipennis (Harris): Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1981
Dichromorpha viridis (Scudder): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1981
Eritettix simplex (Scudder): MEM, Blatchley 1920, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1981
Mermiria bivittata (Serville): Otte 1981
Mermiria picta (Walker): Marcovitch 1920
Orphulella pelidna (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957, Otte 1981
Orphulella speciosa (Scudder): MEM, USDA 1957, Otte 1981, Hill 2012
Pseudopomala brachyptera (Scudder): MEM, Hill 2012
Syrbula admirabilis (Uhler): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957, Otte 1981, Hill 2012
ACRIDINAE
Metaleptea brevicornis (Johannson): Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, Otte 1981, Donato and Cigliano 2000
OEDIPODINAE
Arphia sulphurea (Fabricius): MEM, Marcovitch 1920, Otte 1984, Hill 2012
Arphia xanthoptera (Burmeister): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, Otte 1984, Hill 2012
Chortophaga viridifasciata (DeGeer): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956, Otte, 1984, Hill 2012
Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus): MEM , Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1984, Hill 2012
Encoptolophus sordidus (Burmeister): Morse 1904, Blatchley 1920,USDA 1956, Otte 1984
Hippiscus ocelote (Saussure): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956, Otte 1984, Hill 2012
Pardalophora apiculata (Harris): Marcovitch 1920, Otte 1984
Pardalophora phoenicoptera (Burmeister): MEM, USDA 1957, Otte 1984
Spharagemon bolli Scudder: MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957, Otte 1984
Spharagemon saxatile Morse: MEM, Hill 2012
Trachyrhachys kiowa (Thomas): MEM, Morse 1904, Blatchley 1920, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957, Otte 1984, Hill 2012
Trimerotropis maritima (Harris): Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920
Trimerotropis saxatalis McNeil: Marcovitch 1920, Otte 1984
LEPTYSMINAE
Leptysma marginicollis (Serville): Marcovitch 1920, Rehn and Eades 1961
CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE
Schistocerca alutacea Harris: Hubbell 1960, Song 2004
Schistocerca americana (Drury): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957
Schistocerca damnifica (Saussure): MEM, Saussure 1861a, Marcovitch 1920
Schistocerca lineata Scudder: Hubbell 1960
Schistocerca obscura (Fabricius): Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957, Song 2004
Schistocerca rubiginosa (Harris): Song 2004
MELANOPLINAE
Booneacris variegata (Scudder): Marcovitch 1920
Dendrotettix australis (Morse): MEM, Friauf 1957
Dendrotettix quercus Riley: Friauf 1957
Hesperotettix viridis pratensis Scudder: MEM, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956, Hill 2012
Melanoplus bivitttatus (Say): MEM, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956
Melanoplus celatus Morse: Hebard 1937
Melanoplus deceptus Morse: MEM, Marcovitch 1920, Hebard 1935
Melanoplus decoratus Morse: MEM, Marcovitch 1920
Melanoplus differentialis differentialis (Thomas): MEM, Morse 1904, Blatchley 1920, Marcovitch 1920, Roberts 1942, Hill 2012
Melanoplus femurrubrum (DeGeer): MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1956
Melanoplus gracilis (Bruner): MEM, Marcovitch 1920, Otte 2002, Hill 2012
Melanoplus hubbelli Hebard: Hebard 1935, Otte 2002
Melanoplus impudicus Scudder: MEM, Gurney 1941
Melanoplus ingrami Hill: Hill 2010, Hill 2012
Melanoplus keeleri keeleri (Thomas): Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920
Melanoplus morsei Blatchley: MEM, Eades 1959, Hill 2012
Melanoplus ponderosus ponderosus (Scudder): USDA 1957
Melanoplus rusticus obovatipennis (Blatchley): Marcovitch 1920
Melanoplus sanguinipes vulturnus Gurney and Brooks: MEM, Morse 1904, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957, Gurney and Brooks 1959, Hill 2012
Melanoplus scudderi scudderi (Uhler): MEM, Marcovitch 1920, USDA 1957, Hill 2012
Melanoplus similis Morse: MEM, Hebard 1920, Marcovitch 1920, Hebard 1935, Otte 2002.
Melanoplus tunicae Hebard: Hebard 1920
Melanoplus vulnus Eades: MEM, Morse 1907 , Eades 1959
Melanoplus walshii Scudder: MEM, Marcovitch 1920, Hill 2012
Paratylotropidia brunneri Scudder: MEM, Hill 2012
ROMALEIDAE
Romalea microptera (Beauvois): MEM, Blatchley 1920, Marcovitch 1920, Rehn and Grant 1959, Rehn and Grant 1961
Literature Cited
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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. 11 pp.
Friauf, J. J. 1957. Clarification of the species in the genus Dendrotettix (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacrinae). Florida Entomologist 40: 127-139.
Donato, M, and M. M. Cigliano. 2000. Revision of the Genus Metaleptea Bruner von Wattenwyl (Orthoptera; Acrididae; Hyalopterygini) Transactions of the American Entomological Society 126: 145-173.
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, genusMelanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididiae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 110: 1-93.
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Hill J.G. 2010. A new species of Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the cedar glades of Tennessee, USA. Journal of Orthoptera Research 19: 341-345.
Hill, J.G. 2012 Habitat associations of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the heterogeneous cedar glade landscape of the Central Basin of Tennessee. Journal of Orthoptera Research 21: 227-233.
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