Psoloessa delicatula
| Psoloessa delicatula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Genus: | Psoloessa |
| Species: | P. delicatula
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| Binomial name | |
| Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder, 1876)
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Psoloessa delicatula, the brown-spotted range grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] This grasshopper exhibits postures specifically as a means of thermoregulation, lowering its abdomen towards the ground and moving its hind legs away from its body, and at temperatures above 32 degrees Celsius, will deliberately seek out shade.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Psoloessa delicatula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Psoloessa delicatula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Psoloessa delicatula species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder, 1876)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Anderson, R. V.; Tracy, C. R.; Abramsky, Z. (1979). "Habitat selection in two species of short-horned grasshoppers: The role of thermal and hydric stresses". Oecologia. 38 (3): 359–374. doi:10.1007/BF00345194. ISSN 0029-8549.
Further reading
[edit]- Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.
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