Melanoplus is een geslacht van rechtvleugeligen uit de familie veldsprinkhanen (Acrididae). De wetenschappelijke naam is gepubliceerd in 1873 door Stål.
Soorten Melanoplus omvat de volgende soorten: Melanoplus ablutus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus acidocercus Hebard, 1919 Melanoplus acrophilus Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus adelogyrus Hubbell, 1932 Melanoplus alabamae Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus alexanderi Hilliard, 2001 Melanoplus alpinus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus angularis Little, 1932 Melanoplus angustipennis Dodge, 1877 Melanoplus apalachicolae Hubbell, 1932 Melanoplus aridus Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus arizonae Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus artemisiae Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus ascensor Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus ascensus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus aspasmus Hebard, 1919 Melanoplus attenuatus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus bakeri Hebard, 1932 Melanoplus beameri Hebard, 1932 Melanoplus benni Otte, 2002 Melanoplus bernardinae Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus birchimi Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus bispinosus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus bivittatus Say, 1825 Melanoplus borealis Fieber, 1853 Melanoplus bowditchi Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus bruneri Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus buxtoni Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus calidus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus cameronis Roberts, 1947 Melanoplus cancri Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus cantralli Dakin, 1966 Melanoplus carnegiei Morse, 1904 Melanoplus caroli Gurney & Helfer, 1960 Melanoplus cedarense Otte, 2012 Melanoplus celatus Morse, 1904 Melanoplus cherokee Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus chichimecus Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007 Melanoplus chimariki Gurney & Buxton, 1963 Melanoplus chiricahuae Hebard, 1922 Melanoplus chumash Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus cimatario Fontana & Buzzetti, 2007 Melanoplus cinereus Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus clypeatus Scudder, 1877 Melanoplus complanatipes Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus confusus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus cuneatus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus daemon Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus dakini Hilliard, 2001 Melanoplus davisi Hebard, 1918 Melanoplus dawsoni Scudder, 1875 Melanoplus dealbatus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus debilis Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus deceptus Morse, 1904 Melanoplus decoratus Morse, 1904 Melanoplus decorus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus desultorius Rehn, 1907 Melanoplus devastator Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus devius Morse, 1904 Melanoplus diablo Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus differentialis Thomas, 1865 Melanoplus digitifer Hebard, 1936 Melanoplus dimidipennis Bruner, 1904 Melanoplus diminutus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus discolor Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus divergens Morse, 1904 Melanoplus dodgei Thomas, 1871 Melanoplus edeva Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus elaphrus Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus elater Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus eremitus Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus eumera Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus eurycercus Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus fasciatus Walker, 1870 Melanoplus femurnigrum Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus femurrubrum De Geer, 1773 Melanoplus flabellatus Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus flavidus Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus foedus Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus forcipatus Hubbell, 1932 Melanoplus foxi Hebard, 1923 Melanoplus franciscanus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus fricki Strohecker, 1960 Melanoplus frigidus Boheman, 1846 Melanoplus fultoni Hebard, 1922 Melanoplus furcatus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus gaspesiensis Vickery, 1970 Melanoplus geniculatus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus glaucipes Scudder, 1875 Melanoplus goedeni Gurney & Buxton, 1968 Melanoplus gordonae Vickery, 1969 Melanoplus gracilipes Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus gracilis Bruner, 1876 Melanoplus gurneyi Strohecker, 1960 Melanoplus haigi Gurney & Buxton, 1968 Melanoplus harperi Gurney & Buxton, 1965 Melanoplus herbaceus Bruner, 1893 Melanoplus hesperus Hebard, 1919 Melanoplus hinei Thomas, 1930-1939 Melanoplus hubbelli Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus hupah Strohecker & Helfer, 1963 Melanoplus huporeus Hebard, 1919 Melanoplus huroni Blatchley, 1898 Melanoplus idaho Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus immunis Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus impudicus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus inconspicuus Caudell, 1902 Melanoplus indicifer Hubbell, 1933 Melanoplus indigens Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus infantilis Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus ingrami Hill, 2010 Melanoplus islandicus Blatchley, 1898 Melanoplus jucundus Scudder, 1876 Melanoplus juvencus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus kasadi Gurney & Buxton, 1968 Melanoplus keeleri Thomas, 1874 Melanoplus keiferi Gurney & Buxton, 1963 Melanoplus kennicotti Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus lakinus Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus lanthanus Hewitt & Skoog, 1970 Melanoplus latifercula Caudell, 1903 Melanoplus lemhiensis Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus lepidus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus ligneolus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus lilianae Otte, 2002 Melanoplus lithophilus Gurney & Buxton, 1965 Melanoplus littoralis Roberts, 1942 Melanoplus longicornis Saussure, 1861 Melanoplus longipsolus Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus lovetti Fulton, 1930 Melanoplus ludivinae Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011 Melanoplus macclungi Rehn, 1946 Melanoplus madeleineae Vickery & Kevan, 1977 Melanoplus magdalenae Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus mancus Smith, 1868 Melanoplus mantua Otte, 2012 Melanoplus marginatus Scudder, 1876 Melanoplus marshallii Thomas, 1875 Melanoplus mastigiphallus Strohecker, 1941 Melanoplus meridae Roberts, 1942 Melanoplus meridionalis Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus mexicanus Saussure, 1861 Melanoplus microtatus Hebard, 1919 Melanoplus middlekauffi Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus militaris Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus mirus Rehn & Hebard, 1916 Melanoplus missoulae Hebard, 1936 Melanoplus mixes Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011 Melanoplus montanus Thomas, 1873 Melanoplus morsei Blatchley, 1903 Melanoplus muricolor Strohecker, 1960 Melanoplus murieta Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus nanciae Deyrup, 1997 Melanoplus nanus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus neomexicanus Scudder, 1902 Melanoplus nigrescens Scudder, 1877 Melanoplus nitidus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus novato Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus nubilus Rehn & Hebard, 1916 Melanoplus oaxacae Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2011 Melanoplus obespsolus Rentz & Weissman, 1981 Melanoplus occidentalis Thomas, 1872 Melanoplus oklahomae Hebard, 1937 Melanoplus olamentke Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus ordwayae Deyrup, 1997 Melanoplus oregonensis Thomas, 1875 Melanoplus oreophilus Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus ostentus Gurney & Buxton, 1968 Melanoplus pachycercus Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus packardii Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus papyraedus Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus payettei Hebard, 1936 Melanoplus pegasus Hebard, 1919 Melanoplus peninsularis Hubbell, 1932 Melanoplus perezi Otte, 2012 Melanoplus picropidzae Hebard, 1937 Melanoplus pictus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus pinaleno Hebard, 1937 Melanoplus pinctus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus pinicola Fulton, 1930 Melanoplus platycercus Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus plebejus Stål, 1878 Melanoplus ponderosus Scudder, 1875 Melanoplus primaestivus Dakin, 1966 Melanoplus propinquus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus puer Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus punctulatus Uhler, 1862 Melanoplus pygmaeus Davis, 1915 Melanoplus quercicola Hebard, 1918 Melanoplus querneus Rehn & Hebard, 1916 Melanoplus reflexus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus regalis Dodge, 1876 Melanoplus rehni Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus rentzi Otte, 1995 Melanoplus repetinus Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus reyesensis Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus rileyanus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus rotundipennis Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney, 1949 Melanoplus rusticus Stål, 1878 Melanoplus salmonis Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus saltator Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, 1798 Melanoplus scapularis Rehn & Hebard, 1916 Melanoplus scitulus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus scudderi Uhler, 1864 Melanoplus seminole Hubbell, 1932 Melanoplus serrulatus Hebard, 1937 Melanoplus similis Morse, 1904 Melanoplus siskiyou Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus snowii Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus solitarius Buzzetti, Barrientos Lozano & Fontana, 2010 Melanoplus solitudinis Hebard, 1935 Melanoplus sonomaensis Caudell, 1905 Melanoplus splendidus Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus stegocercus Rehn & Hebard, 1916 Melanoplus stonei Rehn, 1904 Melanoplus strumosus Morse, 1904 Melanoplus sumichrasti Saussure, 1861 Melanoplus sylvaticus McNeill, 1899 Melanoplus sylvestris Morse, 1904 Melanoplus symmetricus Morse, 1904 Melanoplus tendoyense Otte, 2012 Melanoplus tepidus Morse, 1906 Melanoplus tequestae Hubbell, 1932 Melanoplus terminalis Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus texanus Scudder, 1878 Melanoplus thomasi Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus torridus Roberts, 1947 Melanoplus tribuloides Morse, 1906 Melanoplus tribulus Morse, 1904 Melanoplus trigeminus Strohecker, 1963 Melanoplus tristis Bruner, 1904 Melanoplus truncatus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus tuberculatus Morse, 1906 Melanoplus tumidicercus Hubbell, 1932 Melanoplus tunicae Hebard, 1920 Melanoplus uinta Otte, 2012 Melanoplus validus Scudder, 1899 Melanoplus virgatus Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus viridipes Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus vulnus Eades, 1959 Melanoplus walshii Scudder, 1897 Melanoplus wappo Rentz, 1978 Melanoplus warneri Little, 1929 Melanoplus washingtonius Bruner, 1885 Melanoplus wilsoni Gurney, 1960 Melanoplus wintunus Strohecker & Helfer, 1963 Melanoplus withlacoocheensis Squitier, Deyrup & Capinera, 1998 Melanoplus yarrowii Thomas, 1875