Nomotettix cristatus, known generally as crested pygmy grasshopper, is a species of pygmy grasshopper in the family Tetrigidae. Other common names include the crested grouse locust and northern crested grouse locust. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]

Nomotettix cristatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Genus: Nomotettix
Species:
N. cristatus
Binomial name
Nomotettix cristatus
(Scudder, 1863)

Subspecies

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These three subspecies belong to the species Nomotettix cristatus:

  • Nomotettix cristatus compressus Morse, 1895
  • Nomotettix cristatus cristatus (Scudder, 1862)
  • Nomotettix cristatus floridanus Hancock, 1902

References

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  1. ^ "Nomotettix cristatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Nomotettix cristatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Nomotettix cristatus (Scudder, 1863)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.