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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Spur-throated Grasshoppers (Melanoplinae) » Dactylotum

Genus Dactylotum

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Painted Grasshoppers - Dactylotum bicolor - male - female Dactylotum bicolor Dactylotum bicolor nymph - Dactylotum bicolor Grasshopper - Dactylotum bicolor Dactylotum bicolor - female Pictured Grasshopper - Dactylotum bicolor Grasshopper found on Native American land north of Albuquerque - Dactylotum bicolor - female Rainbow Grasshopper - Dactylotum bicolor - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
Genus Dactylotum
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Charpentier, 1843.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists one species, D. bicolor.
Contributed by Cotinis on 14 September, 2005 - 9:03am

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