Chromacris

Chromacris is a genus of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae. There are about nine described species in Chromacris, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2]

Chromacris speciosa

Chromacris
Chromacris psittacus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Romaleidae
Subfamily: Romaleinae
Tribe: Romaleini
Genus: Chromacris
Walker, 1870

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Chromacris:

  • Chromacris colorata (Serville, 1838)
  • Chromacris icterus (Pictet & Saussure, 1887)
  • Chromacris miles (Drury, 1770)
  • Chromacris minuta Roberts & Carbonell, 1982
  • Chromacris nuptialis (Gerstaecker, 1873)
  • Chromacris peruviana (Pictet & Saussure, 1887)
  • Chromacris psittacus (Gerstaecker, 1873)
  • Chromacris speciosa (Thunberg, 1824)
  • Chromacris trogon (Gerstaecker, 1873)

References

  1. "Chromacris". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Chromacris Walker, 1870". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-16.

Further reading

  • Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.


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