| Melanoplus payettei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Melanoplini |
| Genus: | Melanoplus |
| Species: | M. payettei |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanoplus payettei Hebard, 1936 | |
Melanoplus payettei, or Payette's short-wing grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Wolves of the species Canis lupis have been known to consume these grasshoppers. One wolf was even known to have eaten 181 in a single sitting.
References
- ^ "Melanoplus payettei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- "Melanoplus payettei species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- "Melanoplus payettei". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- "Melanoplus payettei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- Barton, Brandon T.; Hill, JoVonn G.; Wolff, Carter L.; Newsome, Thomas M.; Ripple, William J.; Lashley, Marcus A. (2019-09-18). "Grasshopper consumption by grey wolves and implications for ecosystems". Ecology. 101 (2). doi:10.1002/ecy.2892. ISSN 0012-9658.
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| Melanoplus payettei | |
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