Dictyophorus
Sign in to saveDictyophorus is the type genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Dictyophorini, of the family Pyrgomorphidae; it is native to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus was named by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815. They are relatively large, typically about long, and often have bright colors warning of their toxicity.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- Family
- Pyrgomorphidae
- Collections
- INHS, SAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho
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- Pyrgomorphidae
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Dictyophorus is the type genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Dictyophorini, of the family Pyrgomorphidae; it is native to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus was named by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815. They are relatively large, typically about long, and often have bright colors warning of their toxicity.
==Species== These species belong to the genus Dictyophorus: subgenus Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815 Dictyophorus cuisinieri (Carl, 1916) Dictyophorus spumans (Thunberg, 1787) – koppie foam grasshopper subgenus Tapesiella Kevan, 1953 Dictyophorus griseus (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849) Dictyophorus karschi (Bolívar, 1904)
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