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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Paratettix » Hooded Grouse Locust (Paratettix cucullatus)
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Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix cucullatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix cucullatus - Female
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
April 24, 2008
Size: 7.93mm (5/16")
I've seen several of these lately but haven't been able to get a pic of one until now Please help with ID.

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Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix cucullatus - female Grasshopper ?? - Paratettix cucullatus - female
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 25 April, 2008 - 8:19am
Last updated 15 November, 2010 - 7:02am

Paratettix cucullatus
Didn't think I'd figure it out this quickly after the last look-see. The structure of the pronotum is somewhat different between P. cucullatus and P. mexicanus, and the middle femora are more slender on P. cucullatus. Apparently they are both in Oklahoma.

Moved from Paratettix.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 October, 2008 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… David J. Ferguson, 8 October, 2008 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

Paratettix species
I can't tell (at least not yet) for sure if P. mexicanus or P. cucullatus without seeing a side profile of the face, but I suspect (???) that P. mexicanus is less likely as far north as Oklahoma.
… David J. Ferguson, 7 October, 2008 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

not an ID
Any chance it might be a pygmy grasshopper?
… Kevin Hall, 25 April, 2008 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
It is.
It is indeed a tetrigid.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 May, 2008 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

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