Trimerotropis verruculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Trimerotropis
Species:
T. verruculata
Binomial name
Trimerotropis verruculata
(Kirby, 1837)

Trimerotropis verruculata, known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] Its English common name comes from the distinctive cracking sound it makes as it flies. Its specific scientific name is derived from the Latin word for wart or excrescence[5] and refers to its mottled rough appearance which probably provides camouflage on the exposed gravel, rock and ledge where it is often found.[6]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Trimerotropis verruculata:

  • Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa Scudder, 1876 (crackling forest grasshopper)
  • Trimerotropis verruculata verruculata (Kirby, 1837) (crackling locust)

References

  1. ↑ "Trimerotropis verruculata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Trimerotropis verruculata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Trimerotropis verruculata (Kirby, 1837)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ↑ Klein, Ernest (1967). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. London, New York: Elsevier.
  5. ↑ Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American grasshoppers. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 235.


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