''Titanacris'' is a genus of large

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 subfamily

Romaleinae Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in North and South America. More than 60 genera and 260 described species are placed in the Romaleinae. Tribes and genera These tribes and genera belong to the subfa ...

and tribe

Tropidacrini Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in North and South America. More than 60 genera and 260 described species are placed in the Romaleinae. Tribes and genera These tribes and genera belong to the subfa ...

. They are found from southeastern Mexico, through Central and South America, ranging south to northernmost Argentina. Adult males are generally long and females long, but they are quite poorly known because they live high in the canopy of

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s, they are excellent fliers (not easily caught), and only ''T. albipes'' and ''T. velazquezii'' appear to regularly be attracted to artificial light at night. They are mostly green, but in flight they have conspicuously violet, red, orange-red or pink wings; their wings lack the dark rear edge and spotting seen in the closely related ''

Tropidacris ''Tropidacris'' is a Neotropical genus of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae. They are among the largest grasshoppers in the world by length and wingspan, reaching up to and respectively. They are variably colored in green, brown, black, red ...

''. The shape of the female's

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indicates that the eggs are deposited in the soil, similar to the better-known ''Tropidacris''.

Taxonomy

''Titanacris'' and the closely related to ''

'' form the tribe

, but the latter genus is generally better known. There are seven recognized species in the genus ''Titanacris'':Orthoptera Species File
genus ''Titanacris'' Scudder, 1869 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 24 September 2021)] # ''

Titanacris albipes ''Titanacris albipes'', the purple-winged grasshopper, is a large species of South American grasshopper in the family Romaleidae. This species lives in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest and also extends into the Cerrado region in gallery forest ...

'' (De Geer, 1773) - type species (as ''Acrydium albipes'' De Geer, by subsequent designationKirby WF (1910) ''A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae)'' 3(2):674 pp.) # ''

Titanacris gloriosa ''Titanacris'' is a genus of large grasshoppers in the subfamily Romaleinae and tribe Tropidacrini. They are found from southeastern Mexico, through Central and South America, ranging south to northernmost Argentina. Adult males are generally l ...

'' (Hebard, 1924) # ''

Titanacris humboldtii ''Titanacris'' is a genus of large grasshoppers in the subfamily Romaleinae and tribe Tropidacrini. They are found from southeastern Mexico, through Central and South America, ranging south to northernmost Argentina. Adult males are generally l ...

'' (Scudder, 1869) # ''

Titanacris olfersii ''Titanacris'' is a genus of large grasshoppers in the subfamily Romaleinae and tribe Tropidacrini. They are found from southeastern Mexico, through Central and South America, ranging south to northernmost Argentina. Adult males are generally l ...

'' (Burmeister, 1838) # ''

Titanacris ornatifemur ''Titanacris'' is a genus of large grasshoppers in the subfamily Romaleinae and tribe Tropidacrini. They are found from southeastern Mexico, through Central and South America, ranging south to northernmost Argentina. Adult males are generally ...

'' Descamps & Carbonell, 1985 # '' Titanacris picticrus'' (Descamps, 1978) # ''

Titanacris velazquezii ''Titanacris'' is a genus of large grasshoppers in the subfamily Romaleinae and tribe Tropidacrini. They are found from southeastern Mexico, through Central and South America, ranging south to northernmost Argentina. Adult males are generally l ...

'' (Nieto, 1857) The

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of ''Titanacris'' is ''T. albipes'', a rather aberrant species compared to the remaining species, which sometimes have been placed in a separate genus, ''Lophacris'', instead. File:Titanacris Albipes Vol.jpg, ''

'' File:Titanacris picticrus picticrus MHNT.jpg, '' Titanacris picticrus''

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* * {{taxonbar, from =Q10698706 Caelifera genera Romaleidae