Melanoplus indicifer, known generally as the spinecercus short-wing grasshopper or east coast scrub grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is endemic to Florida scrubs on the Atlantic Coastal Ridge in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.[5]

Melanoplus indicifer
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. indicifer
Binomial name
Melanoplus indicifer
Hubbell, 1933
Synonyms

Melanoplus insignis

References

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  1. ^ "Melanoplus indicifer Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ^ "Melanoplus indicifer species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  3. ^ "Melanoplus indicifer". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  4. ^ "Melanoplus indicifer Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ Deyrup, Mark (Autumn 1989). "Arthropods Endemic to Florida Scrub". Florida Scientist. 52 (4): 259. JSTOR 24320532.