Sphenarium

Updated on Dec 29, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Caelifera Phylum Arthropoda Order Orthoptera		Class Insecta Family Pyrgomorphidae Rank Genus

Similar Orthoptera, Pyrgomorphidae, Endoxyla leucomochla, Melanoplus, Brachystola magna

Sphenarium is a grasshoppers genus in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to Mexico. Various species are caught and eaten as chapulines.

Species

Sphenarium borrei

Sphenarium macrophallicum

Sphenarium mexicanum

Sphenarium purpurascens

Sphenarium rugosum

Sphenarium variabile

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