title: Melanoplus rileyanus
text: # Melanoplus rileyanus
  
  Melanoplus rileyanus, known generally as the Riley's short-wing grasshopper or Riley's spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  These two subspecies belong to the species Melanoplus rileyanus:
  
  * Melanoplus rileyanus rileyanus Scudder, $1897^{icg}$
  * Melanoplus rileyanus varicus Scudder, $1879^{icg}$
  
  Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
  
  