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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)

Species Paratettix mexicanus - Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper

Representative Images

Pygmy Grasshopper - Paratettix mexicanus Grasshoppers? What species? - Paratettix mexicanus Pygmy Grasshopper - Paratettix mexicanus - female Pond Hopper - Paratettix mexicanus - female Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper - Paratettix mexicanus - male Small Hopper - Paratettix mexicanus Paratettix mexicanus Female, Paratettix mexicanus? - Paratettix mexicanus - female

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 mexicanus (Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Tettix mexicana Saussure, 1861

Size

8.5-12.4 (1)

Identification

Variable. Pronotum extended, may reach tip of abdomen (1)

Range

CA-FL-ID-OR / C. Amer. (1)

Season

Nearly yr round in southern states - BG data

Remarks

Type locality: San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California

See Also

Very similar to P. aztecus, with which it often occurs. P. mexicanus will have the middle femora less slender and more lobed on the lower margin. The fastigium (space between the eyes) is not as narrow as in P. aztecus.

...P. aztecus
...P. mexicanus

Print References

Saussure. 1861. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie 2(13): 400.

Internet References

Orthoptera Species File - OSF
Arthropods of Orange County, California - Ron Hemberger, UC Irvine

Works Cited

1.Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States
John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker. 2004. Cornell University Press.
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 8 October, 2008 - 6:40pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, metrioptera
Last updated 17 May, 2019 - 1:24pm

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