''Dissosteira'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
. They are about 1 to inches long, and are completely grey. They can also be found in varying shades of brown.
Species
Arranged alphabetically.
* ''
Dissosteira carolina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Carolina Grasshopper, Black-winged Grasshopper (also called Road-duster)
* ''
Dissosteira longipennis'' (Thomas, 1872) – High Plains Grasshopper
* ''
Dissosteira pictipennis'' Bruner, 1905 – California Rose-Winged Grasshopper
* ''
Dissosteira spurcata'' Saussure, 1884 – Spurcate Grasshopper
References
;Notes
;Sources
''Dissosteira'' BugGuide
Acrididae genera
Oedipodinae
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
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