Melanoplinae

{{short description|Subfamily of insects}}

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| taxon = Melanoplinae

| authority = Scudder, 1897

| subdivision_ranks = Tribes

| subdivision = See text

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The Melanoplinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. They are distributed across the Holarctic and Neotropical realms.{{cite journal |last1=Chintauan-Marquier |first1=Ioana C. |last2=Jordan|first2=Steve |last3=Berthier |first3=Pierre |last4=Amédégnato |first4=Christiane |last5=Pompanon |first5=François |year=2011 |title=Evolutionary history and taxonomy of a short-horned grasshopper subfamily: The Melanoplinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=22–32 |pmid=20643218 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.003}} They are one of the two largest subfamilies in the Acrididae. As of 2001 the Melanoplinae contained over 800 species in over 100 genera, with more species being described continuously.

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Tribes and genera

The genera of the Melanoplinae are classified in 6 tribes, that include: Conalcaeini (Nearctic), Dactylotini (Nearctic), Dichroplini (mostly Neotropical), Jivarini (Neotropical), Melanoplini (Nearctic) and Podismini (synonym Prumnini: widespread in northern hemisphere).{{cite journal |last1=Woller |first1=Derek A. |last2=Fontana |first2=Paolo |last3=Mariño-Pérez |first3=Ricardo |last4=Song |first4=Hojun |year=2014 |title=Studies in Mexican Grasshoppers: Liladownsia fraile, a new genus and species of Dactylotini (Acrididae: Melanoplinae) and an updated molecular phylogeny of Melanoplinae |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3793 |issue=4 |pages=475–95 |pmid=24870186 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.6|hdl=10449/23550 |hdl-access=free }}

These genera belong to the subfamily Melanoplinae:

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Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net. s = Orthoptera Species File

References

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{{Cite web| title=Melanoplinae Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=650533

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| access-date=2018-04-25

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{{Cite web| title=Catalogue of Life

| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/

| access-date=2018-04-25

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{{Cite web| title=GBIF

| url=https://www.gbif.org/

| access-date=2018-04-25

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{{Cite web| title=Melanoplinae Subfamily Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/12752

| website=BugGuide.net

| access-date=2018-04-25

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{{Cite web

| access-date = 2018-04-25

| last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel

| last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta

| last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger

| last4 = Eades | first4 = David C.

| title = Orthoptera Species File Online

| url = http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/

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