''Acrolophitus'' is a genus of North American
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grassh ...
s in the family
Acrididae
Acrididae 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 because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...
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Species include:
''Acrolophitus''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
*''Acrolophitus hirtipes
''Acrolophitus hirtipes'', known generally as the green fool grasshopper or plains point-head grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10 ...
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*'' Acrolophitus maculipennis''
*'' Acrolophitus nevadensis''
*'' Acrolophitus pulchellus''
References
Acrididae genera
Gomphocerinae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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