Morsea islandica

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Morsea islandica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Eumastacidae
Genus: Morsea
Species:
M. islandica
Binomial name
Morsea islandica
Rentz & Weissman, 1981

Morsea islandica, the island monkey grasshopper, is a species of monkey grasshopper in the family Eumastacidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is found in North America. [2] [5]

Eumastacidae Family of grasshoppers

Eumastacidae are a family of grasshoppers sometimes known as monkey- or matchstick grasshoppers. They usually have thin legs that are held folded at right angles to the body, sometimes close to the horizontal plane. Many species are wingless and the head is at an angle with the top of the head often jutting above the line of the thorax and abdomen. They have three segmented tarsi and have a short antenna with a knobby organ at the tip. They do not have a prosternal spine or tympanum. Most species are tropical and the diversity is greater in the Old World. They are considered primitive within the Orthoptera and feed on algae, ferns and gymnosperms, the more ancient plant groups.

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References

  1. "Morsea islandica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  2. 1 2 "Morsea islandica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  3. "Morsea islandica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  4. "Morsea islandica species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
  5. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online" . Retrieved 2018-03-06.

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