''Sphenarium'' is a grasshoppers genus in 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 ...

Charpentier. 1845. Orthoptera descripta et depicta 841-1845120 pp. indigenous to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. Various species are caught and eaten as

chapulines Chapulines, plural for chapulín (), are grasshoppers of the genus '' Sphenarium'' that are commonly eaten in certain areas of Mexico. The term is specific to Mexico and Central America, and derives from the Nahuatl word '' chapolin'' (singular ...

Species

* '' Sphenarium adelinae'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium borrei'', Bolívar, 1884 * '' Sphenarium crypticum'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium histrio'', Gerstaecker, 1884 * '' Sphenarium infernalis'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium macrophallicum'', Kevan & Boyle, 1978 * '' Sphenarium mexicanum'', Saussure, 1859 * '' Sphenarium minimum'', Bruner, 1906 * '' Sphenarium miztecum'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium occidentalis'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium planum'', Bruner, 1906 * '' Sphenarium purpurascens'', Charpentier, 1845 * '' Sphenarium rugosum'', Bruner, 1906 * '' Sphenarium tarascum'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium totonacum'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017 * '' Sphenarium variabile'', Kevan & Boyle, 1978 * '' Sphenarium zapotecum'', Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017

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* Caelifera genera Taxa named by Toussaint de Charpentier {{pyrgomorphidae-stub