Sphenarium
Sphenarium is a grasshoppers genus in the family Pyrgomorphidae[1][2] indigenous to Mexico. Various species are caught and eaten as chapulines.
| Sphenarium | |
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| Chapulín de la milpa (Sphenarium purpurascens) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrgomorphinae |
| Genus: | Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 |
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Species
- Sphenarium adelinae, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
- Sphenarium borrei, Bolívar, 1884
- Sphenarium crypticum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
- Sphenarium histrio, Gerstaecker, 1884
- Sphenarium infernalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
- Sphenarium macrophallicum, Kevan & Boyle, 1978
- Sphenarium mexicanum, Saussure, 1859
- Sphenarium minimum, Bruner, 1906
- Sphenarium miztecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
- Sphenarium occidentalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
- Sphenarium planum, Bruner, 1906
- Sphenarium purpurascens, Charpentier, 1845
- Sphenarium rugosum, Bruner, 1906
- Sphenarium tarascum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
- Sphenarium totonacum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
- Sphenarium variabile, Kevan & Boyle, 1978
- Sphenarium zapotecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
References
- "genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1845". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- Charpentier. 1845. Orthoptera descripta et depicta [1841-1845] 120 pp.
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