Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper

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

The Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper (Dericorys minutus) is a species of grasshopper of the family Acrididae. The species is endemic to the town of Maspalomas on Gran Canaria Island, and is considered Critically endangered, or almost extinct, since it hasn't been found since 1949. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hochkirch, A.; López, H. (2016). "Dericorys minutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T51269274A74251730. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T51269274A74251730.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.