This species profile is awaiting a write-up. The taxonomy, distribution, resources and other data below are compiled automatically from scientific databases, but no one has written about this species yet. If you know this species, you can help by adding:

a short overview: what it looks like, its basic life history, where it lives, and whether it is of research interest, of conservation concern, or a managed pest
identification notes: how to tell it apart from similar species
ecology and behavior: habitat, diet, host plants, life cycle and seasonal timing
management notes, if it is a pest or of conservation concern

We'd love your help! If you work with this species, have studied it, or simply know it well, we'd be glad to have you contribute. HopperWiki uses contributor accounts to help maintain the quality and reliability of its species profiles. Get in touch with an administrator and we'll be happy to get you set up.

Taxonomy

*Melanoplus punctulatus*
Melanoplus punctulatus
Other common names
	Pine tree spur-throat grasshopper, grizzly spur-throat grasshopper, grizzly locust
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini
Genus:	Melanoplus
Scientific name
	Melanoplus punctulatus (Uhler, 1862)
Geography
Native countries:
	Canada; United States;

Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Grasshoppers of the Choctaw Nation in Southeast Oklahoma	Alex J. Harman, W. Wyatt Hoback and Tom A. Royer	2021		View URL

Distribution

Biology

Habitat and ecology

Land-use change

Pest status

Management

Outbreaks

Outbreak media coverage

Associated organizations

No results found in the database at this time—please reach out if you have any to share!

Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
Grasshoppers of the Choctaw Nation in Southeast Oklahoma	Alex J. Harman, W. Wyatt Hoback and Tom A. Royer	2021		View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species. Read more…

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

Jacob Gorneau — 8 specimens collected
Jason Hill — 8 specimens collected
Karolina Fucikova — 6 specimens collected

Kent McFarland — 5 specimens collected
Spencer Hardy — 5 specimens collected
Stephen Shepherd — 4 specimens collected
John Abrams — 4 specimens collected
Katja Schulz — 3 specimens collected
Clarence Holmes — 3 specimens collected
Charles Hart — 2 specimens collected
Christian Grove — 2 specimens collected
Chris Kreussling — 2 specimens collected
Blake Bringhurst — 2 specimens collected
Brandon Corder — 2 specimens collected
Jessica Schnell — 2 specimens collected
Megan Carlton — 2 specimens collected
Susan Fawcett — 1 specimen collected
Omar Stradella — 1 specimen collected
L. Alan Prather — 1 specimen collected
Jordan Hoffman — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

Tyler Grant — 39 specimens identified
Jacob Gorneau — 8 specimens identified
Stephen Shepherd — 3 specimens identified

Clarence Holmes — 3 specimens identified
Blake Bringhurst — 2 specimens identified
Karolina Fucikova — 2 specimens identified
Jessica Schnell — 2 specimens identified
Megan Carlton — 2 specimens identified
John Abrams — 2 specimens identified
Ludovic Leclerc — 2 specimens identified
L. Alan Prather — 1 specimen identified
Jordan Hoffman — 1 specimen identified
Kent McFarland — 1 specimen identified
Christian Grove — 1 specimen identified
Patrick Coin — 1 specimen identified
Carrie Seltzer — 1 specimen identified
Steven Taylor — 1 specimen identified
Tanja Milotic — 1 specimen identified
Ted MacRae — 1 specimen identified
Christopher Thawley — 1 specimen identified

References