''Melanoplus borealis'', known generally as the northern spur-throat grasshopper or northern grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family

Acrididae The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...

. It is found in North America.

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species ''Melanoplus borealis'': * ''Melanoplus borealis borealis'' (Fieber, 1853)ⁱ * ''Melanoplus borealis palaceus'' Fulton, 1930ⁱ * ''Melanoplus borealis stupefactus'' (Scudder, 1876)ⁱ * ''Melanoplus borealis utahensis'' Scudder, 1897ⁱ Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

Melanoplinae Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1853 {{melanoplus-stub