''Spaniacris deserticola'' is a species 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 ...

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. It is known to be polyphagous, but there is not much else known regarding its diet ...

known as the Coachella Valley grasshopperBLM
Coachella Valley Grasshopper.
Species Accounts: Coachella Valley Desert Conservation Area Plan. Page E-11. and spanistic desert grasshopper. It is known from a few locations in the deserts of southern

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

and just across the border in

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

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References

Romaleidae Fauna of the Coachella Valley Fauna of the Colorado Desert Fauna of Riverside County, California Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Insects of Mexico Insects of the United States Insects described in 1937 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{romaleidae-stub