Forms of Melanoplus bowditchi (Orthoptera: Acrididae) collected from different host plants are indistinguishable genetically and in aedeagal morphology

The sagebrush grasshopper, Melanoplus bowditchi Scudder (Orthoptera: Acrididae), is a phytophilous species that is widely distributed in the western United States on sagebrush species. The geographical distribution of M. bowditchi is very similar to the range of its host plants and its feeding assoc...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Fatima Mustafa, Kate M. Kneeland, Mathew L. Brust, W. Wyatt Hoback, Shripat T. Kamble, John E. Foster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2014-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/418.pdf