Dichromorpha
Encyclopedia
Dichromorpha is a genus
of grasshopper
s of the family Acrididae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of grasshopper
Grasshopper
The grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish it from bush crickets or katydids, it is sometimes referred to as the short-horned grasshopper...
s of the family Acrididae
Acrididae
The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the...
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Species
- Dichromorpha australis (Bruner, 1900)
- Dichromorpha elegans (Morse, 1896)
- Dichromorpha prominula (Bruner, 1904)
- Dichromorpha viridisDichromorpha viridisThe Short-winged Green Grasshopper is a common species of slant-faced grasshoppers found in North America.- Physical appearance :...
(Scudder, 1862)