Trimerotropis verruculata
Appearance
Trimerotropis verruculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Genus: | Trimerotropis |
Species: | T. verruculata
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Binomial name | |
Trimerotropis verruculata (Kirby, 1837)
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Trimerotropis verruculata, known generally as the crackling forest grasshopper or cracker grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4] Its English common name comes from the distinctive cracking sound it makes as it flies. Its specific scientific name is derived from the Latin word for wart or excrescence[5] and refers to its mottled rough appearance which probably provides camouflage on the exposed gravel, rock and ledge where it is often found.[6]
Subspecies
[edit]These two subspecies belong to the species Trimerotropis verruculata:
- Trimerotropis verruculata suffusa Scudder, 1876 (crackling forest grasshopper)
- Trimerotropis verruculata verruculata (Kirby, 1837) (crackling locust)
References
[edit]- ^ "Trimerotropis verruculata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Trimerotropis verruculata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Trimerotropis verruculata species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Trimerotropis verruculata (Kirby, 1837)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Klein, Ernest (1967). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. London, New York: Elsevier.
- ^ Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American grasshoppers. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 235.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Trimerotropis verruculata at Wikimedia Commons