Biology:Trimerotropis verruculata

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Short description: Species of grasshopper

Trimerotropis verruculata
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Genus: Trimerotropis
Species:
T. verruculata
Binomial name
Trimerotropis verruculata
(Kirby, 1837)

Trimerotropis verruculata, known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] Its English common name comes from the distinctive cracking sound it makes as it flies. Its specific scientific name is derived from the Latin word for wart or excrescence[5] and refers to its mottled rough appearance which probably provides camouflage on the exposed gravel, rock and ledge where it is often found.[6]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Trimerotropis verruculata:

  • Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa Scudder, 1876 (crackling forest grasshopper)
  • Trimerotropis verruculata verruculata (Kirby, 1837) (crackling locust)

References

  1. "Trimerotropis verruculata Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=658823. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  2. "Trimerotropis verruculata". https://www.gbif.org/species/1709217. Retrieved 2019-09-23. 
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Trimerotropis verruculata (Kirby, 1837)". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1104914. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  4. Klein, Ernest (1967). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. London, New York: Elsevier. 
  5. Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American grasshoppers. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 235. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10703887 entry