''Dictyophorus'' is the type genus of

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 tribe

Dictyophorini 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 Paci ...

, of the family

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 va ...

; it is native to

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara. These include Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, and West Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the list of sovereign states and ...

. The genus was named 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 Sweden, Swedish Natural history, naturalist and an Apostles of Linnaeus, "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus ...

in 1815. They are relatively large, typically about long, and often have bright colors warning of their toxicity.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Dictyophorus'': ;subgenus ''Dictyophorus'' Thunberg, 1815 # '' Dictyophorus cuisinieri'' (Carl, 1916) # ''

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 prod ...

'' (Thunberg, 1787) – koppie foam grasshopper ;subgenus ''Tapesiella'' Kevan, 1953 # '' Dictyophorus griseus'' (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849) # '' Dictyophorus karschi'' (Bolívar, 1904)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10471870 Pyrgomorphidae Caelifera genera Taxa named by Carl Peter Thunberg