Rhammatocerus Explained
Rhammatocerus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and the tribe Scyllinini. There are about 16 described species in Rhammatocerus, including R. schistocercoides, the "Mato Grosso locust".
Species
These 16 species belong to the genus Rhammatocerus:
- Rhammatocerus alticola (Hebard, 1923)
- Rhammatocerus brasiliensis (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus brunneri (Giglio-Tos, 1895)
- Rhammatocerus cyanipes (Fabricius, 1775)
- Rhammatocerus guerrai Assis-Pujol, 1997
- Rhammatocerus palustris Carbonell, 1988
- Rhammatocerus peragrans (Stål, 1861)
- Rhammatocerus pictus (Bruner, 1900)
- Rhammatocerus pratensis (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus pseudocyanipes Assis-Pujol, 1997
- Rhammatocerus salinus (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus schistocercoides (Rehn, 1906)
- Rhammatocerus suffusus (Rehn, 1906)
- Rhammatocerus varipes (Bruner, 1905)
- Rhammatocerus viatorius (Saussure, 1861) (traveller grasshopper)
- Rhammatocerus victori Alves Dos Santos & Assis-Pujol, 2003
Further reading
- Book: The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. 1981. Otte . Daniel. Harvard. 978-0674626607.
- Book: The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. 2003. Bland . Roger. Michigan State University Extension. 978-1565250178.
- Book: Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. 2004. Capinera. J. L. Scott. R. D.. Walker. T. J.. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-8948-8. registration.
Notes and References
- Saussure (1861) Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(13): 317.
