| Circotettix maculatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
| Genus: | Circotettix |
| Species: | C. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Circotettix maculatus Scudder, 1881 | |
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