''Acorypha glaucopsis'' is a species of
short-horned grasshopper
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known be ...
in the family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
. It is found in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South Asia.
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Human consumption
It is eaten by the Dogon people
The Dogon are an ethnic group indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger River, Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso. The population numbers between 400,000 and 800,000. They spe ...
of Mali.
Gallery
Acorypha glaucopsis L4 a.jpg, Fourth instar nymph photographed near Gnibi, Senegal
Acorypha glaucopsis L4 b.jpg, Fourth instar nymph photographed near Gnibi, Senegal
References
External links
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Names in Dogon languages, with images from Mali
Acrididae
Insects described in 1870
Orthoptera of Africa
Edible insects
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