Sphenarium | |
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Sphenarium purpurascens | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
Subfamily: | Pyrgomorphinae |
Tribe: | Sphenariini |
Genus: |
Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 [1] |
Species | |
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Sphenarium is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to Mexico and northern Central America. [2] [3] During outbreaks, they can cause significant damage to agricultural crops. [3] [4] Conversely, they have been caught for human consumption, for example as chapulines, since pre-Columbian times, a practice that also continues today. [3] [4]
Sphenarium | |
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Sphenarium purpurascens | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
Subfamily: | Pyrgomorphinae |
Tribe: | Sphenariini |
Genus: |
Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 [1] |
Species | |
See text |
Sphenarium is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to Mexico and northern Central America. [2] [3] During outbreaks, they can cause significant damage to agricultural crops. [3] [4] Conversely, they have been caught for human consumption, for example as chapulines, since pre-Columbian times, a practice that also continues today. [3] [4]