Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Dericorythidae |
Genus: | Dericorys |
Species: | D. minutus |
Binomial name | |
Dericorys minutus (Chopard, 1954) | |
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