Chloealtis Explained

Chloealtis is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about five described species in Chloealtis.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Chloealtis:

• Chloealtis abdominalis (Thomas, 1873)

^{i c g b} (Rocky Mountain sprinkled locust)

• Chloealtis aspasma Rehn & Hebard, 1919

^{i c g b} (Siskiyou slant-face grasshopper)

• Chloealtis conspersa (Harris, 1841)

^{i c g b} (sprinkled grasshopper)

• Chloealtis dianae (Gurney, Strohecker & Helfer, 1964)

^{i c g b} (Diana black-side grasshopper)

• Chloealtis gracilis (McNeill, 1897)

^{i c g b} (graceful slant-face grasshopper)Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Bland . Roger. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. 978-1565250178.
• Book: Capinera. J.L. Scott. R.D.. Walker. T.J.. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-8948-8. registration.
• Otte . Daniel. 1981. The North American Grasshoppers, volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard.