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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Short-horned Grasshoppers (Acrididae) » Slant-faced Grasshoppers (Gomphocerinae) » Amblytropidia Group » Syrbula » Admirable Grasshopper (Syrbula admirabilis)

Species Syrbula admirabilis - Admirable Grasshopper

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Grasshopper - Syrbula admirabilis - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

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 admirabilis (Admirable Grasshopper)

Other Common Names

Handsome Grasshopper

Explanation of Names

Syrbula admirabilis (Uhler, 1864)

Size

Males are 22-31 mm, females 35-49 mm

Identification

Face very slanted, hind legs very long and slender. Antennae are thread-like, but have expanded tip in males. Pronotum has two ridges. See this detail:

Females typically green/brown, males may be blackish. Forewings have wavy (crenulate) pattern on leading edge, visible when folded, especially in female:

Males fly well, but females poorly, often leap to escape (1).

Range

e. US to AZ - Map (2)

Habitat

Areas with dry grass

Season

mostly: June-Oct. (BG data)

See Also

Montezuma Grasshopper, Syrbula montezuma

Print References

Capinera et al., Field Guide to Grasshoppers..., p. 75, plate 5 (1)

Capinera et al., Grasshoppers of Florida, pp. 55-56, plate 5 (3)

Brimley, p. 23 (4)

Internet References

Grasshoppers of New Mexico

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.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

3.	Grasshoppers of Florida (Invertebrates of Florida) John L. Capinera, Clay W. Scherer, Jason M. Squiter, Jason M. Squitier. 2002. University Press of Florida.

4.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 1 December, 2005 - 2:31pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 August, 2019 - 9:22am

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