Ligurotettix coquilletti

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Ligurotettix coquilletti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Genus: Ligurotettix
Species:
L. coquilletti
Binomial name
Ligurotettix coquilletti
McNeill, 1897

Ligurotettix coquilletti, known generally as the desert clicker grasshopper or creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. As its common name suggests, the species feeds on Larrea tridentata . [1] It is found in Central America and North America, [2] [3] [4] [5] in North America specifically in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. [1] Males defend individual creosote plants as mating territories, often preferring plants with lower amounts of toxic chemicals. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Greenfield, Michael D.; Shelly, Todd E.; Gonzalez-Coloma, Azucena (1989). "Territory Selection in a Desert Grasshopper: The Maximization of Conversion Efficiency on a Chemically Defended Shrub". Journal of Animal Ecology. 58 (3): 761–771. doi:10.2307/5122. ISSN   0021-8790.
  2. "Ligurotettix coquilletti Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Ligurotettix coquilletti". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Ligurotettix coquilletti McNeill, 1897". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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