''Maura''Stål C (1873) ''Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg'' 1: 20. is a 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.
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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 ...
and 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 ...
Maura lurida
Maura may refer to:
*Maura (given name), a feminine given name
*Antonio Maura (1853–1925), Prime Minister of Spain
*Carmen Maura (born 1945), Spanish actress
*Miguel Maura (1887–1971), Spanish politician
*Santa Maura, a former name of the Gre ...