''Chromacris speciosa''Buzzetti & Carotti (2008) Annotated list of the Caelifera of Ecuador (Biodiversity of South America), Memoirs on Biodiversity 1 39-66COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research) (1982) , The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural ManualThunberg (1824) Grylli monographia, illustrata, Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg (Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Peterburg) 9:390-430Carbonell, Rowell, Bentos-Pereira & Porras (2007) Checklist of Orthoptera Caelifera from Colombia, Zootaxa 1594:39-59Walker, F. (1870) , Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, London 4:605-809Carbonell, Cigliano & Lange (2006) Especies de Acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay cridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay CD ROM. Publication on Orthoptera Diversity. The Orthopterists' Society, The Orthopterists' SocietyLiebermann (1935) Catálogo sistemático y razonado de Acridoideos argentinos (Orth., Acrididae), Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina (Rev. Soc. entom. Argentina) 7:25-50, 3 pls.Roberts & Carbonell (1982
A revision of the grasshopper genera Chromacris and Xestrotrachelus (Orthoptera: Romaleidae, Romaleinae)
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 43(4):43-58Turk, S.Z. (1976) , Acta Zoológica Lilloana (Acta Zool. Lilloana) 32 is a

grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...

in the family,

Romaleidae The Romaleidae or lubber grasshoppers are a family of grasshoppers, based on the type genus ''Romalea''. The species in this family can be found in the Americas. Tribes and selected genera The Orthoptera Species File Online database lists two s ...

, first described in 1824 by

Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...

. It is found in South America, and Central America.

Gallery

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References

External links

''Chromacris speciosa'': Images & occurrence data
from GBIF {{taxonbar, from=Q10287973 Taxa described in 1824 Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg Romaleidae Insects of Brazil