Genus Pardalophora

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Orangewinged Grasshopper - Pardalophora phoenicoptera - female

Dead Grasshopper - Pardalophora phoenicoptera - male

Pardalphora apiculata - Pardalophora apiculata - male

large grasshopper - Pardalophora phoenicoptera - female

Grasshopper - Pardalophora apiculata - female

Coral-winged Grasshopper - Pardalophora apiculata - 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 Oedipodinae (Band-winged Grasshoppers)

Tribe Hippiscini

Genus Pardalophora

Explanation of Names

Genus name probably means "spot-bearing", from pardalo Greek spotted, plus -phora bearing. (Based on Internet searches.) A related word in zoology is pardalote a prominently spotted bird found in Australia.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists four North American species.

Identification

Differentiation from other Acrididae TBA.

P. phoenicoptera is differentiated from P. apiculata based on shape of pronotum.

Range

P. phoenicoptera is southeastern. P. apiculata ranges across Canada, south to New Mexico, North Carolina. P. haldemanii and P. saussurei are found in Great Plains.

Remarks

Guide TBA--PC (print references, size range, characters of genus)

Print References

Helfer TBA

Brimley TBA

Capinera TBA

Internet References

NCSU Entomology collection lists two species from North Carolina, P. apiculata (33 pinned), and P. phoenicoptera (62 pinned).

Orthoptera of Great Smoky Mountains lists P. apiculata, P. phoenicoptera

Contributed by Cotinis on 6 June, 2004 - 12:26am
Last updated 24 January, 2005 - 4:27pm

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