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Tucayaca

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Tucayaca
Tucayaca gracilis, Argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Leptysminae
Tribe: Leptysmini
Genus: Tucayaca
Bruner, 1920
Type species
Tucayaca aquatica
Bruner, 1920

Tucayaca is a genus of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about five described species in Tucayaca, found mainly in South America.[1][2]

Species

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These five species belong to the genus Tucayaca:

References

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  1. ^ "Tucayaca". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  2. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "genus Tucayaca Bruner, 1920". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-10.