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Psoloessa delicatula

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Psoloessa delicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Genus: Psoloessa
Species:
P. delicatula
Binomial name
Psoloessa delicatula
(Scudder, 1876)

Psoloessa delicatula, the brown-spotted range grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] This grasshopper exhibits postures specifically as a means of thermoregulation, lowering its abdomen towards the ground and moving its hind legs away from its body, and at temperatures above 32 degrees Celsius, will deliberately seek out shade.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Psoloessa delicatula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Psoloessa delicatula". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Psoloessa delicatula (Scudder, 1876)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Anderson, R. V.; Tracy, C. R.; Abramsky, Z. (1979). "Habitat selection in two species of short-horned grasshoppers: The role of thermal and hydric stresses". Oecologia. 38 (3): 359–374. doi:10.1007/BF00345194. ISSN 0029-8549.

Further reading

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  • Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.