A new species of Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from an isolated upland in peninsular Florida

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 451-460

  Squitier, Jason M ^a   Deyrup, Mark ^b   Capinera, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological islands; Flightless grasshoppers; Speciation

Indexed keywords

GRASSHOPPER; ISOLATED POPULATION; NEW SPECIES;

FLORIDA; SOUTHERN BROOKSVILLE RANGE; UNITED STATES;

ACRIDIDAE; MELANOPLUS; MELANOPLUS ROTUNDIPENNIS; MELANOPLUS WITHLACOOCHEENSIS; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031769038     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495936     Document Type: Article

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