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Genus Prumnacris

Grasshoppers Mount Rainier - Prumnacris rainierensis - male - female Grasshopper seen at Paradise in Mt. Rainier National Park in Washington State, USA - Prumnacris rainierensis - male Grasshopper at Goat Rocks - Prumnacris rainierensis - male Grasshopper - Prumnacris rainierensis - male Grasshopper - Prumnacris rainierensis - female Grasshopper - Prumnacris rainierensis - male - female Podismini (Spur-Throated Grasshoppers) - Prumnacris rainierensis Prumnacris rainierensis - male
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 Melanoplinae (Spur-throated Grasshoppers)
Tribe Podismini
Genus Prumnacris
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prumnacris Rehn & Rehn, 1944. Type species: Asemoplus rainierensis Caudell
Identification
See comments under species Prumnacris rainierensis
Remarks
Distinction from Buckellacris is weak, based on presence of tiny linear tegmina in Prumnacris.
Internet References
Orthoptera Species File Online
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 26 August, 2012 - 10:42am

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