Psoloessa texana

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Psoloessa texana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Genus: Psoloessa
Species:
P. texana
Binomial name
Psoloessa texana
Scudder, 1875

Psoloessa texana, the Texas spotted range grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] [4] It preferentially feeds on Bouteloua eriopoda . [5]

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References

  1. "Psoloessa texana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Psoloessa texana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Psoloessa texana Scudder, 1875". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. Rominger, Andrew J.; Miller, Tom E. X.; Collins, Scott L. (2009). "Relative contributions of neutral and niche-based processes to the structure of a desert grassland grasshopper community". Oecologia. 161 (4): 791–800. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1420-z. ISSN   0029-8549.

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