''Amphitornus coloradus'', known generally as the striped slant-face grasshopper or striped grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper 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 ...
. It is found in Central America and North America.
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Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species ''Amphitornus coloradus'':
* ''Amphitornus coloradus coloradus'' (Thomas, 1873)
* ''Amphitornus coloradus ornatus'' McNeill, 1897
* ''Amphitornus coloradus saltator'' Hebard, 1937
References
Further reading
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Gomphocerinae
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Insects described in 1873
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