Chromacris
{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
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| image = Brazilian flag grasshopper (9378880424).jpg
| image_caption = Chromacris psittacus
| taxon = Chromacris
| authority = Walker, 1870
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Chromacris is a genus of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae. The nine described species in Chromacris are found in Mexico, Central America, or South America. They often have bright aposematic colors and they are presumed to be toxic.{{cite journal| last=Whitman | first=D. | last2=Vincent | first2=S. | year=2008 | title=Large size as an antipredator defense in an insect | journal=Journal of Orthoptera Research | volume=17 | issue=2 | pages=353-371 | doi=10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.353 | doi-access=free }}
The genus was first described in 1870 by Francis Walker.{{cite journal| author=Walker, F.|authorlink=Francis Walker (entomologist)|date= 1870|title= Genus 18 CHROMACRIS |journal= Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London|volume=4 |pages=605–809 [643]|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8218913}}
File:Soldadinhos.jpg of Chromacris speciosa are highly social.]]
Species
These nine species belong to the genus Chromacris:
- Chromacris colorata (Serville, 1838)
- Chromacris icterus (Pictet & Saussure, 1887)
- Chromacris miles (Drury, 1770)
- Chromacris minuta Roberts & Carbonell, 1982
- Chromacris nuptialis (Gerstaecker, 1873)
- Chromacris peruviana (Pictet & Saussure, 1887)
- Chromacris psittacus (Gerstaecker, 1873)
- Chromacris speciosa (Thunberg, 1824)
- Chromacris trogon (Gerstaecker, 1873)
References
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{{Cite web| title=Chromacris
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1714440
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2020-03-22
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{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-10-16
| title = genus Chromacris Walker, 1870
| date = 2019
| last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel
| last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta
| last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger
| last4 = Eades | first4 = David C.
| url = http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1116123
| website = Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book
| title = Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States
| date = 2004
| last1 = Capinera | first1 = J. L
| last2 = Scott | first2 = R. D.
| last3 = Walker | first3 = T. J.
| publisher = Cornell University Press
| isbn = 978-0-8014-8948-8
}}
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External links
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Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
Category:Taxa described in 1870
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