Psychomastax

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Psychomastax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
Family: Eumastacidae
Genus:Psychomastax
Rehn & Hebard, 1918

Psychomastax is a genus of monkey grasshoppers in the family Eumastacidae. There are at least four described species in Psychomastax. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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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Species

These four species belong to the genus Psychomastax:

Psychomastax deserticola, the desert monkey grasshopper, is a species of monkey grasshopper in the family Eumastacidae. It is found in North America.

Psychomastax inyo, the White Mountain grasshopper, is a species of monkey grasshopper in the family Eumastacidae. It is found in North America.

Psychomastax psylla, the San Jacinto monkey grasshopper, is a species of monkey grasshopper in the family Eumastacidae. It is found in North America.

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References

  1. ↑ "Psychomastax Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Psychomastax". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Psychomastax Rehn & Hebard, 1918". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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