Biology:Rhammatocerus viatorius

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Short description: Species of grasshopper

Rhammatocerus viatorius
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Scyllinini
Genus: Rhammatocerus
Species:
R. viatorius
Binomial name
Rhammatocerus viatorius
(Saussure, 1861)

Rhammatocerus viatorius, the traveller grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America, North America, and Mexico.[1][2][3][4]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Rhammatocerus viatorius:

  • Rhammatocerus viatorius excelsus (Bruner, 1904)
  • Rhammatocerus viatorius viatorius (Saussure, 1861)

References

Further reading

  • Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10652127 entry