Species Dissosteira spurcata

Classification

Grasshopper - Dissosteira spurcata - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Oedipodinae (Band-winged Grasshoppers)

Tribe Sphingonotini

Genus Dissosteira

Species spurcata (Dissosteira spurcata)

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 28 September, 2007 - 7:41pm

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