Dericorys
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Dericorys is the type genus of grasshoppers of the family Dericorythidae. 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"; on the other hand, D. minutus is critically endangered.
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