| Kraussella | |
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| Male Kraussella amabile photographed near Belbedji, Zinder Region, Niger | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Genus: | Kraussella Bolívar, 1909 |
| Type species | |
| Kraussella amabile (Krauss, 1877) | |
Kraussella is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae. [1]
Orthoptera Species File lists: [1]
In Mali, Kraussella amabile is eaten by the Dogon people. [2]
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