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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Paratettix » Aztec Pygmy Grasshopper (Paratettix aztecus)

Species Paratettix aztecus - Aztec Pygmy Grasshopper

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References
Grasshopper - Paratettix aztecus - male Tetrix sp - Paratettix aztecus - male Pygmy Grasshopper - Paratettix aztecus Pygmy grasshopper - Paratettix aztecus - female Unknown pygmy grasshopper (Paratettix?) - Paratettix aztecus - female Paratettix aztecus - male Paratettix mexicanus? - Paratettix aztecus Paratettix mexicanus? - Paratettix aztecus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Tetrigidae (Pygmy Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Tetriginae
Genus Paratettix
Species aztecus (Aztec Pygmy Grasshopper)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paratettix aztecus (Saussure, 1861)
Range
Mostly SW United States
Season
Adults year-round
See Also
Very similar to P. mexicanus, with which it often occurs. P. aztecus will have the middle femora more slender and less lobed on the lower margin. The fastigium (space between the eyes) is very narrow.

...P. aztecus
...P. mexicanus
Internet References
Encyclopedia of Life
OSF
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 7 October, 2008 - 10:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, metrioptera
Last updated 17 May, 2019 - 1:25pm

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