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. There are about 16 described species in ''Rhammatocerus'', including '' R. schistocercoides'', the "

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Species

These 16 species belong to the genus ''Rhammatocerus'': * '' Rhammatocerus alticola'' (Hebard, 1923) * '' Rhammatocerus brasiliensis'' (Bruner, 1904) * '' Rhammatocerus brunneri'' (Giglio-Tos, 1895) * '' Rhammatocerus cyanipes'' (Fabricius, 1775) * '' Rhammatocerus guerrai'' Assis-Pujol, 1997 * '' Rhammatocerus palustris'' Carbonell, 1988 * ''

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'' (Stål, 1861) * '' Rhammatocerus pictus'' (Bruner, 1900) * '' Rhammatocerus pratensis'' (Bruner, 1904) * '' Rhammatocerus pseudocyanipes'' Assis-Pujol, 1997 * '' Rhammatocerus salinus'' (Bruner, 1904) * '' Rhammatocerus schistocercoides'' (Rehn, 1906) * '' Rhammatocerus suffusus'' (Rehn, 1906) * '' Rhammatocerus varipes'' (Bruner, 1905) * '' Rhammatocerus viatorius'' (Saussure, 1861) (traveller grasshopper) * '' Rhammatocerus victori'' Alves Dos Santos & Assis-Pujol, 2003

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