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".
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| Rhammatocerus pictus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Tribe: | Scyllinini |
| Genus: | Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861 |
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Species edit
These 16 species belong to the genus Rhammatocerus:
- Rhammatocerus alticola (Hebard, 1923)
- Rhammatocerus brasiliensis (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus brunneri (Giglio-Tos, 1895)
- Rhammatocerus cyanipes (Fabricius, 1775)
- Rhammatocerus guerrai Assis-Pujol, 1997
- Rhammatocerus palustris Carbonell, 1988
- Rhammatocerus peragrans (Stål, 1861)
- Rhammatocerus pictus (Bruner, 1900)
- Rhammatocerus pratensis (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus pseudocyanipes Assis-Pujol, 1997
- Rhammatocerus salinus (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus schistocercoides (Rehn, 1906)
- Rhammatocerus suffusus (Rehn, 1906)
- Rhammatocerus varipes (Bruner, 1905)
- Rhammatocerus viatorius (Saussure, 1861) (traveller grasshopper)
- Rhammatocerus victori Alves Dos Santos & Assis-Pujol, 2003
References edit
- ^ Saussure (1861) Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(13): 317.
- ^ "Rhammatocerus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Rhammatocerus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Rhammatocerus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ 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.
Further reading edit
- Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.
- Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
- Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
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