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Pyrgomorphidae

12 species · Animals

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Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Orthoptera › Pyrgomorphidae

Pyrgomorpha conica (Olivier, 1791)

Pyrgomorpha conica is a gaudy grasshopper species native to Africa, Western Asia, and Southern Europe.

Aularches miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aularches miliaris is a grasshopper species with two subspecies distributed across South Asia.

Monistria pustulifera (Walker, 1871)

The blistered pyrgomorph (Monistria pustulifera) is a wingless Australian endemic grasshopper that feeds on Eremophila and some garden plants.

Atractomorpha similis Bolívar, 1884

Atractomorpha similis is a common Australian grasshopper with highly polymorphic chromosomes that is considered a garden pest.

Dictyophorus spumans (Thunberg, 1787)

Dictyophorus spumans, toxic southern African foam grasshopper, stores poisons from its diet and produces defensive toxic foam.

Dictyophorus griseus (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)

Dictyophorus griseus is a gaudy grasshopper species native to tropical Africa, with two accepted subspecies.

Phymateus viridipes Stål, 1873

Phymateus viridipes Stål, 1873 is a roughly 70mm long grasshopper that can do long migratory flights, with distinct colored wings and spined pronotum.

Zonocerus elegans (Thunberg, 1815)

Zonocerus elegans is a banded grasshopper species with mostly poor flying ability and gregarious patterned nymphs.

Zonocerus variegatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Zonocerus variegatus is a colorful polyphagous grasshopper, an African agricultural pest that is traditionally eaten by humans.

Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775)

Poekilocerus pictus, the aak grasshopper, is a toxic sometimes pestiferous grasshopper that sequesters toxins from Calotropis milkweed.

Sphenarium purpurascens Charpentier, 1845

Sphenarium purpurascens is a corn-field grasshopper found in Mexico and Guatemala, harvested for food there to manage outbreaks.

Rubellia nigro-signata Stål, 1875

Rubellia is a monotypic grasshopper genus endemic to Madagascar with the single species Rubellia nigrosignata.

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