Sphenarium Explained
Sphenarium is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to Mexico and northern Central America.[1] [2] During outbreaks, they can cause significant damage to agricultural crops.[2] [3] Conversely, they have been caught for human consumption, for example as chapulines, since pre-Columbian times, a practice that also continues today.[2] [3]
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
Notes and References
- Web site: genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1845. orthoptera.speciesfile.org. 2020-04-10.
- Sanabria-Urbán . S. . Song . H. . Oyama . K. . González-Rodríguez . A. . Cueva del Castillo . R. . 2017 . Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in neotropical grasshoppers: taxonomy, phylogenetics, and evolution of the genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) . Zootaxa . 4274 . 1 . 58 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4274.1.1 .
- Cerritos . R. . Cano-Santana . Z. . 2008 . Harvesting grasshoppers Sphenarium purpurascens in Mexico for human consumption: A comparison with insecticidal control for managing pest outbreaks . Crop Protection . 27 . 3–5 . 473–480 . 10.1016/j.cropro.2007.08.001 .
