Psoloessa delicatula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
Genus: | Psoloessa |
Species: | P. delicatula |
Binomial name | |
Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder, 1876) | |
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