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Pyrgomorphidae
Pyrgomorphidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera; it is the only family in the superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea. Pyrgomorphidae are found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions (though none are from US mainland), but the vast majority of the family's approximately 500 species are from Africa, Asia and Australia. Their name is probably derived from ''pyrgos'' (Greek: ''Πύργος'') meaning "tower": a reference to the form (''morph'') of the head in the type genus '' Pyrgomorpha'' and other genera. They may sometimes be known as "gaudy grasshoppers", due to the striking, bright aposematic colouration of a number of genera, warning of their toxicity. However, about 90% of the species in the family are harmless and well-camouflaged, with a few, notably '' Sphenarium'', even caught for human consumption. Subfamilies and tribes Incomplete list of genera and species: Subfamily Orthacridinae All tribes and selected genera only are shown here: * Tribe Brun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phymateus
''Phymateus'' is a genus of fairly large grasshoppers of the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to shrubland, semi-deserts, savanna, woodland, gardens and cultivated areas in Sub-Saharan Africa, with ten species in the African mainland and two species in Madagascar. Some species have bright aposematic colours and are highly toxic. Description ''Phymateus'' are African grasshoppers that typically are about long as adults, with females generally being larger than males of the same species. Some species at maturity are capable of long migratory flights. They raise and rustle wings when disturbed and may secrete a noxious fluid from the thoracic joint.''Field Guide to Insects'' - Picker, Griffiths & Weaving (2004) Their toxins, which are accumulated from the toxic plants they feed on, can be very strong and there have been reported deaths in birds and mammals, including humans, after eating ''Phymateus'' grasshoppers. While they do show a preference for feeding on certain toxic plants, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dictyophorus Spumans
''Dictyophorus spumans'', the koppie foam grasshopper, , or African foam grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to southern Africa. The name "foaming grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic glands. The foam is created by a combination of hemolymph with air from the grasshopper's spiracles. Its genus '' Dictyophorus'' is closely related to ''Phymateus''. Adult males are typically long and females typically , but can grow up to a length of . The neck shield has a warty surface, and the grasshopper's colors are highly variable but usually with at least parts that are contrasting and bright. It is toxic due to the poisons that it sequesters from its diet, which includes a large number of toxic and distasteful plants such as milkweed ''Asclepias'' is a genus of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants known as milkweeds, named for their latex, a milky substance containing cardiac glycoside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atractomorpha (Pyrgomorphidae)
''Atractomorpha'' is a genus in the Pyrgomorphidae, a family of grasshoppers, found in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Biology Not much is written about the biology of the ''Atractomorpha'', but they are herbivores typical of the Orthoptera, so it is understandable that some species seem to be minor pests in gardens and that some, such as ''Atractomorpha psittacina'' and ''Atractomorpha bedeli'', are significant pests in rice. As with many grasshoppers in various families, the males are smaller than the females and ride on them long before copulation. They remain there during the period in which the female achieves sexual receptiveness. Similar strategies are common in vertebrates such as some amphibians, as well as various invertebrates, where the males attempt to keep rivals from mating with the female. At least some ''Atractomorpha'' species also share a habit with various generally sedentary Orthoptera such as some Pamphagidae, of producing their excreta in the form of relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neorthacris
''Neorthacris'' is a genus of wingless grasshoppers in the Pyrgomorphidae. Species in the genus are found in South Asia, mainly in subcontinental India. Species Species in the genus include: # '' Neorthacris acuticeps'' (Bolívar, 1902)''N. a. acuticeps'' (Bolívar, 1902) - type species (as '' Orthacris acuticeps'' Bolívar)''N. a. nilgirensis'' (Uvarov, 1929) # '' Neorthacris longicercata'' Singh & Kevan, 1965 # '' Neorthacris malabarensis'' Singh & Kevan, 1965 # '' Neorthacris palnensis'' (Uvarov, 1929) # '' Neorthacris simulans'' (Bolívar, 1902) References {{taxonbar, from = Q10598447 Orthoptera genera Pyrgomorphidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphenarium
''Sphenarium'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to Mexico and northern Central America. During outbreaks, they can cause significant damage to agricultural crops. Conversely, they have been caught for human consumption, for example as chapulines, since pre-Columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European col ... times, a practice that also continues today. Species * '' Sphenarium adelinae'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium borrei'', Bolívar, 1884 * '' Sphenarium crypticum'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium histrio'', Gerstaecker, 1884 * '' Sphenarium infernalis'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium macrophallicum'', Kevan & Boyle, 1978 * '' Sphenari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atractomorpha Similis (8416619989)
''Atractomorpha similis'', commonly known as the northern grass pyrgomorph, is a species of grasshopper in the genus '' Atractomorpha''. It occurs in Australia. Taxonomy ''Atractomorpha similis'' is a member of the genus '' Atractomorpha'', which is part of family Pyrgomorphidae. First described by Bolívar in 1884, it was long classified as a southern variant of ''A. crenaticeps''. However, in 1960 Banerjee and Kevan distinguished it on morphological grounds. Synonyms include ''A. australiana'' and ''A. dentifrons''. Description ''Atractomorpha similis'' averages in length. The species' compact body is tapered at the head and abdomen. This grasshopper relies on camouflage to avoid predators, rarely attempting escape. ''Atractomorpha similis'' (as with other members of its genus) is depauperate in heterochromatin, though the total amount of that DNA varies between populations. The species is highly polymorphic in its chromosomes, each of which exists in 10 to 50 morphs. Males ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megradina Festiva
''Megradina festiva'' is a grasshopper species in the monotypic genus ''Megradina'', found in Vietnam. It is in the family Pyrgomorphidae, subfamily Orthacridinae, and tribe Nereniini. It is closely related to the New Guinea grasshopper genus '' Megra''. ''Megradina festiva'' is a medium-sized grasshopper with a large, finely punctate head and a slender, elongated body. The total body length reaches in males and in females. The holotype A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of s ... is a male collected in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in 1995 by Andrey Vasil'evich Gorochov. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q14642056, from2=Q10579999 Pyrgomorphidae Caelifera genera Orthoptera of Vietnam Monotypic Orthoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Neorthacris'' is a genus of wingless grasshoppers in the Pyrgomorphidae. Species in the genus are found in South Asia, mainly in subcontinental India. Species Species in the genus include: # '' Neorthacris acuticeps'' (Bolívar, 1902)''N. a. acuticeps'' (Bolívar, 1902) - type species (as '' Orthacris acuticeps'' Bolívar)''N. a. nilgirensis'' (Uvarov, 1929) # '' Neorthacris longicercata'' Singh & Kevan, 1965 # '' Neorthacris malabarensis'' Singh & Kevan, 1965 # '' Neorthacris palnensis'' (Uvarov, 1929) # '' Neorthacris simulans'' (Bolívar, 1902) References {{taxonbar, from = Q10598447 Orthoptera genera Pyrgomorphidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrgomorpha Conica
Pyrgomorpha conica is a species of Pyrgomorphidae, pyrgomorph (gaudy grasshoppers) native to Africa, Western Asia and Southern Europe. References Pyrgomorphidae Insects described in 1791 {{pyrgomorphidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monistria Cicatricosa
''Monistria'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae and the tribe Monistriini. Species are found Australia, New Zealand and surrounding islands. Species The Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxono ... and ''Orthoptera Species File'' list the following: *'' Monistria cicatricosa'' Rehn, 1953 *'' Monistria concinna'' Walker, 1871 *'' Monistria consobrina'' Key, 1985 *'' Monistria discrepans'' Walker, 1871 *'' Monistria latevittata'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Monistria maculicornis'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Monistria pavoninae'' Rehn, 1953 *'' Monistria picta'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Monistria pustulifera'' Walker, 1871 *'' Monistria sulcata'' Tepper, 1896 Gallery File:Alpine grasshopper.jpg File:Kioloa fauna 139.jpg File:Kioloa fauna 51.jpg Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monistria
''Monistria'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae and the tribe Monistriini. Species are found Australia, New Zealand and surrounding islands. Species The Catalogue of Life and ''Orthoptera Species File'' list the following: *''Monistria cicatricosa ''Monistria'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae and the tribe Monistriini. Species are found Australia, New Zealand and surrounding islands. Species The Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life (CoL) is an online databas ...'' Rehn, 1953 *'' Monistria concinna'' Walker, 1871 *'' Monistria consobrina'' Key, 1985 *'' Monistria discrepans'' Walker, 1871 *'' Monistria latevittata'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Monistria maculicornis'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Monistria pavoninae'' Rehn, 1953 *'' Monistria picta'' Sjöstedt, 1921 *'' Monistria pustulifera'' Walker, 1871 *'' Monistria sulcata'' Tepper, 1896 Gallery File:Alpine grasshopper.jpg File:Kioloa fauna 139.jpg File:Kioloa fauna 51.jpg References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monistriini
The Pyrgomorphinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers (Orthoptera : Caelifera) in the family Pyrgomorphidae. Species are found in, predominantly in the warmer regions of: Central and South America, southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands. The type genus is ''Pyrgomorpha'' and names dates from "Pyrgomorphiden" by Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874. The first use of Pyrgomorphinae was by Krauss in 1890. Tribes and genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists the following: Atractomorphini Bolívar, 1905 # '' Atractomorpha'' Saussure, 1862 - Asia, Australia # '' Occidentosphena'' Kevan, 1956 - Africa ##'' Occidentosphena ruandensis'' ##'' Occidentosphena uvarovi'' Chlorizeinini Kevan & Akbar, 1964; Distribution: Africa, Asia * Subtribe Chlorizeinina Kevan & Akbar, 1964 #''Chlorizeina'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 #'' Feacris'' Kevan, 1969 #'' Pterorthacris'' Uvarov, 1921 * Subtribe Humpatellina Kevan & Akbar, 1964 #'' Cawendia'' Karsch, 1888 #'' Humpatella'' Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
