Dictyophorus
Koppie foam grasshopper, Dictyophorus spumans, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe: Dictyophorini
Genus: Dictyophorus
Thunberg, 1815
Type species
Gryllus spumans
Thunberg, 1787

Dictyophorus is the type genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Dictyophorini, of the family Pyrgomorphidae; it is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1] The genus was named by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815.[2] They are relatively large, typically about 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in) long, and often have bright colurs warning of their toxicity.[3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Dictyophorus:[1]

subgenus Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815
  1. Dictyophorus cuisinieri (Carl, 1916)
  2. Dictyophorus spumans (Thunberg, 1787) – koppie foam grasshopper
subgenus Tapesiella Kevan, 1953
  1. Dictyophorus griseus (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)
  2. Dictyophorus karschi (Bolívar, 1904)

References

  1. 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  2. ↑ Thunberg CP (1815). Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg: Ve série (in French). Académie impériale des sciences. p. 211-301.
  3. ↑ Whitman, D.; Vincent, S. (2008). "Large size as an antipredator defense in an insect". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 17 (2): 353–371. doi:10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.353.
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