| Dictyophorus | |
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| Koppie foam grasshopper, Dictyophorus spumans, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrgomorphinae |
| Tribe: | Dictyophorini |
| Genus: | Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815 |
| Type species | |
| Gryllus spumans Thunberg, 1787 | |
Dictyophorus is the type genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Dictyophorini, of the family Pyrgomorphidae; it is native to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus was named by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1815. They are relatively large, typically about 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in) long, and often have bright colors warning of their toxicity.
Species
These species belong to the genus Dictyophorus:
- subgenus Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815
- Dictyophorus cuisinieri (Carl, 1916)
- Dictyophorus spumans (Thunberg, 1787) – koppie foam grasshopper
- subgenus Tapesiella Kevan, 1953
- Dictyophorus griseus (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)
- Dictyophorus karschi (Bolívar, 1904)
References
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
- Thunberg CP (1815). Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg: Ve série (in French). Académie impériale des sciences. pp. 211–301.
- Whitman, D.; Vincent, S. (2008). "Large size as an antipredator defense in an insect". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 17 (2): 353–371. doi:10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.353.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Dictyophorus | |