Amphitornus coloradus

Amphitornus coloradus, known generally as the striped slant-face grasshopper or striped grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4]

Amphitornus coloradus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Genus: Amphitornus
Species:
A. coloradus
Binomial name
Amphitornus coloradus
(Thomas, 1873)

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species Amphitornus coloradus:

  • Amphitornus coloradus coloradus (Thomas, 1873)
  • Amphitornus coloradus ornatus McNeill, 1897
  • Amphitornus coloradus saltator Hebard, 1937

References

  1. "Amphitornus coloradus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Amphitornus coloradus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Amphitornus coloradus (Thomas, 1873)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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


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