Rhammatocerus
Genus of grasshoppers
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Rhammatocerus[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and the tribe Scyllinini. There are about 16 described species in Rhammatocerus,[2][3][4][5] including R. schistocercoides, the "Mato Grosso locust".
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| Rhammatocerus pictus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Tribe: | Scyllinini |
| Genus: | Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861 |
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Species
These 16 species belong to the genus Rhammatocerus:
- Rhammatocerus alticola (Hebard, 1923)
- Rhammatocerus brasiliensis (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus brunneri (Giglio-Tos, 1895)
- Rhammatocerus cyanipes (Fabricius, 1775)
- Rhammatocerus guerrai Assis-Pujol, 1997
- Rhammatocerus palustris Carbonell, 1988
- Rhammatocerus peragrans (Stål, 1861)
- Rhammatocerus pictus (Bruner, 1900)
- Rhammatocerus pratensis (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus pseudocyanipes Assis-Pujol, 1997
- Rhammatocerus salinus (Bruner, 1904)
- Rhammatocerus schistocercoides (Rehn, 1906)
- Rhammatocerus suffusus (Rehn, 1906)
- Rhammatocerus varipes (Bruner, 1905)
- Rhammatocerus viatorius (Saussure, 1861) (traveller grasshopper)
- Rhammatocerus victori Alves Dos Santos & Assis-Pujol, 2003
