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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Paratettix » Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper (Paratettix mexicanus)
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Mini Grasshopper - Paratettix mexicanus
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Mini Grasshopper - Paratettix mexicanus
Sycamore Canyon - Coronado National Forest, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
October 21, 2007
Size: ~8mm
These are full grown adults.
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 29 October, 2007 - 10:24pm
Last updated 10 October, 2008 - 5:41pm

Paratettix mexicanus
Double-checked possibilies, and this is the only one.

Moved from Paratettix.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 October, 2008 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pygmy Grasshoppers.
… Tom Bentley, 7 October, 2008 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

Paratettix
Looks like a nymph, not sure which species, perhaps P. mexicanus.
… David J. Ferguson, 7 October, 2008 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Short-horned Grasshoppers.
… Tom Bentley, 30 October, 2007 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

Tetrigidae, not Acrididae
Nice pair of shots. This and the other one you just posted are Pygmy Grasshoppers, Tetrigidae, not Acrididae. Note the pronotum that extends far back over the abdomen--characteristic of that family.

This group is very difficult to key, even to genus. I've done some on Eastern species, but don't have a clue on the Wild West.
… Cotinis, 30 October, 2007 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

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