Encoptolophus

Genus of grasshoppers

Encoptolophus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Chortophagini
Genus: Encoptolophus
Scudder, 1875

Encoptolophus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 8 described species in Encoptolophus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

  • Encoptolophus californicus Bruner, 1905
  • Encoptolophus costalis (Scudder, 1863) (western clouded grasshopper)
  • Encoptolophus fuliginosus Bruner, 1905
  • Encoptolophus otomitus (Saussure, 1861)
  • Encoptolophus pallidus Bruner, 1893 (pale clouded grasshopper)
  • Encoptolophus robustus Rehn & Hebard, 1909 (coast clouded grasshopper)
  • Encoptolophus sordidus (Burmeister, 1838) (clouded grasshopper)
  • Encoptolophus subgracilis Caudell, 1903 (southwestern dusky grasshopper)

References

  1. ^ "Encoptolophus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Encoptolophus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Encoptolophus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Orthoptera Species File Online".

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
Taxon identifiers
Encoptolophus

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