Achurum | |
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Achurum carinatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
Genus: | Achurum Saussure, 1861 |
Achurum is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Achurum. [1] [2] [3]
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species primarily inhabit xeric weedy fields, and some are considered to be important locusts:
Trimerotropis is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 50 described species in Trimerotropis.
Achurum sumichrasti, the sumichrast toothpick grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Spharagemon is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 9 described species in Spharagemon.
Pardalophora is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Pardalophora.
Paropomala is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Paropomala.
Stilpnochlora is a genus of phaneropterine katydids in the family Tettigoniidae. There are about 15 described species in Stilpnochlora.
Syrbula is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Syrbula.
Xanthippus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about six described species in Xanthippus.
Hippopedon is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Hippopedon.
Rhammatocerus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and the tribe Scyllinini. There are about 16 described species in Rhammatocerus, including R. schistocercoides, the "Mato Grosso locust".
Dendrotettix is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Dendrotettix.
Heliastus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 10 described species in Heliastus.
Hippiscus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is only one described species in the genus, Hippiscus ocelote from North America.
Lactista is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 10 described species in Lactista.
Leptysminae is a subfamily of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Leptysminae, found in North, Central, and South America.
Tomonotus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Tomonotus.
Aidemona is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about five described species in Aidemona.
Leprus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Leprus.
Stenopola is a genus of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 13 described species in Stenopola, found in the Americas.
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