Machaerocera is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. This genus has a single species, Machaerocera mexicana. It is found in Mexico, the southwestern United States, and in Central and South America.[1][2][3]
Machaerocera | |
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Machaerocera mexicana, Mexican blue-wing grasshopper, México | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
Tribe: | Machaerocerini Otte, 1995 |
Genus: | Machaerocera Saussure, 1859 |
Species: | M. mexicana
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Binomial name | |
Machaerocera mexicana Saussure, 1859
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References
edit- ^ "Machaerocera genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "genus Machaerocera Saussure, 1859". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
- ^ "Machaerocera". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
External links
edit- Media related to Machaerocera at Wikimedia Commons