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Dissosteira
Sign in to saveDissosteira is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae found in North America. They are about 1 to inches long, and are completely grey. They can also be found in varying shades of brown.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Dissosteira is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Oedipodinae, Animalia and North America.
Vinony files it under Acrididae genera, Oedipodinae and Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 128
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Acrididae
- Collections
- UMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NAUF, NMMNHS, ANSP
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Parent taxon
- Oedipodinae
- Image
- Carolina Grasshopper.jpg
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Dissosteira is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae found in North America. They are about 1 to inches long, and are completely grey. They can also be found in varying shades of brown.
==Species== Arranged alphabetically. Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Carolina Grasshopper, Black-winged Grasshopper (also called Road-duster) Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas, 1872) – High Plains Grasshopper Dissosteira pictipennis Bruner, 1905 – California Rose-Winged Grasshopper Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884 – Spurcate Grasshopper
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