''Proctolabus'' is a genus of
short-horned 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 ...
. There are about eight described species in ''Proctolabus'', found in Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Proctolabus'':
* '' Proctolabus brachypterus'' Bruner, 1908
* '' Proctolabus cerciatus'' Hebard, 1925
* '' Proctolabus chiapensis'' Descamps, 1976
* '' Proctolabus diferens'' Márquez Mayaudón, 1963
* '' Proctolabus edentatus'' Descamps, 1976
* '' Proctolabus gracilis'' Bruner, 1908
* '' Proctolabus mexicanus'' (Saussure, 1859)
* '' Proctolabus oaxacae'' Descamps, 1976
References
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Acrididae
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