Monachidium is a genus of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, containing a single species, the fairly large and aposematically colored Monachidium lunum from tropical South America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Copiocerini |
| Genus: | Monachidium Serville, 1831 |
| Species: | M. lunum
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| Monachidium lunum | |
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Description edit
Monachidium lunum is native to the eastern and central Amazon in Brazil and the Guianas. It is a fairly large species, typically around 6 cm (2.4 in) long.[2][4] These grasshoppers have a bright and contrasting aposematic color pattern. The prothorax is bulbous and high. The head is black and the prothorax is orange or black. The elytra are blackish opaque, with transversal yellow bands. The wings are very dark blue, sometimes metallic violet. The abdomen is red and black. Antennae are yellow. Legs and tarsi are red.[5]
References edit
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ a b Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun. Orthoptera Species File.
- ^ Biolib
- ^ "Diferentes exemplares de gafanhotos" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- ^ Guillaume), Audinet Serville (M , Jean (1839). Histoire naturelle des insectes: Orthoptères (in French). Librairie encyclopédique de Roret.
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