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Genus Stethophyma

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grasshopper - Stethophyma gracilis - male Stethophyma male in Fundy National Park - Stethophyma lineata - male white-striped grasshopper - Stethophyma gracilis - female Stethophyma gracilis - male Stethophyma gracilis - male Stethophyma gracilis - female Stethophyma lineata - female Stethophyma gracilis - female

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 Oedipodinae (Band-winged Grasshoppers)
Tribe Parapleurini
Genus Stethophyma

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stethophmyma Fischer 1853. Type species: Gryllus grossus Linnaeus

North American species have often been listed under the closely related genus Mecostethus, which is Eurasian in distribution.
Moved from subfamily Gomphocerinae at BugGuide on 31 January 2008. Moved from subfamily Acridinae on May 7, 2009. Placement in subfamily Oedipodinae follows the traditional Old World classification, and the classification used in the Orthoptera Species File here; see Taxonomy Proposals forum topic on "Orthoptera" here.

Numbers

Five species are currently recognized, three in North America, and two (S. grossa & S. magister) in Eurasia. S. magister subspecies kevani from Japan has sometimes been treated as a sixth species.

Range

Circumboreal in Eurasia and North America.

Habitat

Wet sedge meadows and bogs

Food

Probably mostly sedges

Print References

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Works Cited

1.The North American Grasshoppers, volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae
Daniel Otte. 1981. Harvard.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 25 January, 2006 - 2:36pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, David Ferguson, metrioptera
Last updated 25 August, 2020 - 11:28pm

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