''Dictyophorus'' is the type genus of

grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...

s in the tribe

Dictyophorini The Pyrgomorphinae are a sub-family of grasshoppers (Orthoptera : Caelifera) in the family Pyrgomorphidae. Species are found in, especially the warmer parts of: Central and South America, southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Pacific Is ...

, of the family

Pyrgomorphidae Pyrgomorphidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera; it is the only family in the superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea, with a pan-tropical distribution. Their name is probably derived from ''pyrgos'' (Greek: ''Πύργος'') meaning "tow ...

; it is native to

sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These include West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and Southern Africa. Geopolitically, in addition to the List of sov ...

. The genus was named by

Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, also known as Karl Peter von Thunberg, Carl Pehr Thunberg, or Carl Per Thunberg (11 November 1743 – 8 August 1828), was a Swedish naturalist and an "apostle" of Carl Linnaeus. After studying under Linnaeus at Uppsala Un ...

in 1815.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Dictyophorus'': ;subgenus ''Dictyophorus'' Thunberg, 1815 # '' Dictyophorus cuisinieri'' (Carl, 1916) # ''

Dictyophorus spumans ''Dictyophorus spumans'', the koppie foam grasshopper or , is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to Africa. The name "foaming grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic ...

'' (Thunberg, 1787) – koppie foam grasshopper ;subgenus ''Tapesiella'' Kevan, 1953 # '' Dictyophorus griseus'' (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849) # ''

Dictyophorus karschi ''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. Species These species belong to the genus ''Dict ...

'' (Bolívar, 1904)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10471870 Pyrgomorphidae Caelifera genera