Species Syrbula montezuma - Montezuma's Grasshopper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Slant-faced grasshopper sp.? - Syrbula montezuma - female

Montezuma's G-hopper - Syrbula montezuma - male

Grasshopper at my black light - Syrbula montezuma

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Gomphocerinae (Slant-faced Grasshoppers)

No Taxon (Amblytropidia Group)

Genus Syrbula

Species montezuma (Montezuma's Grasshopper)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syrbula fuscovittata Thomas

Explanation of Names

Author is Saussure.

Size

21-32 mm (males), 30-46 mm

Identification

Strikingly patterned in green and brown (females and some males) or sometimes, blackish (some males). Quite similar to its eastern relative, Syrbula admirabilis, but there are black markings on the lateral lobe of the pronotum in montezuma, and its wings are black (1).

Range

Southwestern United States: Arizona east to Texas, north to Colorado, and south through much of Mexico.

Habitat

Areas of tall grass in arid grasslands

Season

June-October

Food

Grasses

See Also

Handsome Grasshopper, Syrbula admirabilis

Print References

Capinera, pp. 76-76, plate 5 (1)

Helfer, p. 173, fig. 281--Syrbula fuscovittata (2)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker

2.	How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies By Jacques R. Helfer

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 1 December, 2005 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 25 October, 2006 - 9:13pm

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