TABLE 1 in Three new grasshopper species in the Florida Melanoplus Puer group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)

TABLE 1. List of the 27 current species (24 previous + 3 new) in the Puer Group sensu lato grouped by the six historical sensu stricto (s.s.) subgroups and in alpha-order by specific name within each of those groups. Synthesized from Hubbell, 1932; Strohecker, 1960; Deyrup, 1996; Lamb & Justice, 2005; Otte, 2012 (“2011”); and Hubbell, unpublished notes. SpeciesHistorical sensu stricto Subgroup# of Species Within s.s. GroupKnown Species Distribution by StateM. apalachicolae Hubbell, 1932Forcipatus Group1FloridaM. forcipatus Hubbell, 1932Forcipatus Group2FloridaM. gurneyi Strohecker, 1960Forcipatus Group3FloridaM. indicifer Hubbell, 1933Forcipatus Group4FloridaM. nanciae Deyrup, 1997Forcipatus Group5FloridaM. ordwayae Deyrup, 1997Forcipatus Group6FloridaM. adelogyrus Hubbell, 1932Puer Group1FloridaM. amphora sp. nov.Puer Group2FloridaM. bonita Otte, 2012 ("2011")Puer Group3FloridaM. ferrarius sp. nov.Puer Group4FloridaM. kissimmee Otte, 2012 ("2011")Puer Group5FloridaM. peninsularis Hubbell, 1932Puer Group6FloridaM. puer (Scudder, 1878)Puer Group7FloridaM. seminole Hubbell, 1932Puer Group8FloridaM. spiracor sp. nov.Puer Group9FloridaM. pygmaeus Davis, 1915Rotundipennis Group1Alabama, FloridaM. rotundipennis (Scudder, 1878)Rotundipennis Group2Florida, GeorgiaM. withlacoocheensis Squitier, Deyrup, & Capinera, 1998Rotundipennis Group3FloridaM. mirus Rehn & Hebard, 1916Scapularis Group1North Carolina, South CarolinaM. scapularis Rehn & Hebard, 1916Scapularis Group2Florida, GeorgiaM. stegocercus Rehn & Hebard, 1916Scapularis Group3GeorgiaM. tumidicercus Hubbell, 1932Scapularis Group4GeorgiaM. foxi Hebard, 1923Strumosus Group1GeorgiaM. strumosus Morse, 1904Strumosus Group2Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South CarolinaM. childsi Otte, 2012 ("2011")Tequestae Group1FloridaM. sebringi Otte, 2012 ("2011")Tequestae Group2FloridaM. tequestae Hubbell, 1932Tequestae Group3Florida