Sphenarium
Sphenarium purpurascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe: Sphenariini
Genus: Sphenarium
Charpentier, 1842[1]
Species

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Sphenarium is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to Mexico and northern Central America.[2][3] During outbreaks, they can cause significant damage to agricultural crops.[3][4] Conversely, they have been caught for human consumption, for example as chapulines, since pre-Columbian times, a practice that also continues today.[3][4]

Species

  • Sphenarium adelinae, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
  • Sphenarium borrei, Bolívar, 1884
  • Sphenarium crypticum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
  • Sphenarium histrio, Gerstaecker, 1884
  • Sphenarium infernalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
  • Sphenarium macrophallicum, Kevan & Boyle, 1978
  • Sphenarium mexicanum, Saussure, 1859
  • Sphenarium minimum, Bruner, 1906
  • Sphenarium miztecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
  • Sphenarium occidentalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
  • Sphenarium planum, Bruner, 1906
  • Sphenarium purpurascens, Charpentier, 1845
  • Sphenarium rugosum, Bruner, 1906
  • Sphenarium tarascum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
  • Sphenarium totonacum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
  • Sphenarium variabile, Kevan & Boyle, 1978
  • Sphenarium zapotecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017

References

  1. ↑ Charpentier. 1845. Orthoptera descripta et depicta [1841-1845] 120 pp.
  2. ↑ "genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1845". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  3. 1 2 3 Sanabria-Urbán, S.; Song, H.; Oyama, K.; González-Rodríguez, A.; Cueva del Castillo, R. (2017). "Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in neotropical grasshoppers: taxonomy, phylogenetics, and evolution of the genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae)". Zootaxa. 4274 (1): 58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4274.1.1.
  4. 1 2 Cerritos, R.; Cano-Santana, Z. (2008). "Harvesting grasshoppers Sphenarium purpurascens in Mexico for human consumption: A comparison with insecticidal control for managing pest outbreaks". Crop Protection. 27 (3–5): 473–480. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2007.08.001.


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