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Crested Pygmy Grasshopper (Nomotettix cristatus)
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Copyright © 2008
Jonas Insinga
Pygme grasshopper 2 -
Nomotettix cristatus
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University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
July 14, 2008
Size: 1 cm?
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Contributed by
Jonas Insinga
on 23 December, 2008 - 7:48pm
Last updated 9 May, 2013 - 9:05am
We'll just chalk it up to variability.
I can't make it fit any other species.
Moved from
Tetriginae
.
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David J. Ferguson
, 21 December, 2009 - 12:29am
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Moved
Moved from
Tetrix
.
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Jonas Insinga
, 24 December, 2008 - 4:25pm
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appears to be
a female of
Nomotettix cristatus
, but the shape of the front of the pronotum (usually more pointed and reaching more over the top of the back of the head) looks a bit off. If it weren't an adult (it is), I'd be tempted to say it say it was a nymph of
Tetrix ornata
.
This might be
Nomotettix parvus
, but I can't find any references to indicate that it occurs so far eastward.
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David J. Ferguson
, 23 December, 2008 - 11:36pm
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