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Rhammatocerus

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Rhammatocerus
Rhammatocerus pictus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Tribe: Scyllinini
Genus: Rhammatocerus
Saussure, 1861
Synonyms
  • Plectrophorus McNeill, 1897
  • Plectrotettix McNeill, 1897
  • Pseudostauronotus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
  • Scyllina Stål, 1873

Rhammatocerus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and the tribe Scyllinini. There are about 16 described species in Rhammatocerus,[2][3][4][5] including R. schistocercoides, the "Mato Grosso locust".

Species

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These 16 species belong to the genus Rhammatocerus:

References

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  1. ^ Saussure (1861) Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(13): 317.
  2. ^ "Rhammatocerus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "Rhammatocerus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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