Dericorys
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| Dericorys | |
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| Dericorys lobata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Dericorythidae |
| Subfamily: | Dericorythinae |
| Genus: | Dericorys Serville, 1838 |
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Dericorys[1] is the type genus of grasshoppers of the family Dericorythidae.[2] Species have been recorded from Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Atlantic islands and western-central Asia.
Two species, D. albidula and D. annulata defoliate Haloxylon in Central Asia and may be called "saxaul locusts" or "saxaul humpbacked grasshoppers";[3] on the other hand, D. minutus is critically endangered.
