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Paroxya
Sign in to saveParoxya is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about eight described species in the genus Paroxya.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,286
- With media
- 1,135
- Family
- Acrididae
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Melanoplinae
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- Olive-Green Swamp Grasshopper - Paroxya clavuliger, Leesylvania State Park, Virginia.jpg
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Paroxya is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about eight described species in the genus Paroxya.
==Species== These eight species belong to the genus Paroxya: Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877 i c g b (Atlantic grasshopper) Paroxya bermudensis Rehn, J.A.G., 1909 c g Paroxya clavuliger (Serville, 1839) i b (olive-green swamp grasshopper) Paroxya clavuligera (Serville, 1838) c g Paroxya dissimilis Morse, 1905 c g Paroxya hoosieri (Blatchley, 1892) i c g Paroxya paroxyoides (Scudder, 1897) i c g Paroxya recta Scudder, 1877 i c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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