Eritettix simplex, known generally as the velvet-striped grasshopper or velvet-striped locust, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4]

Eritettix simplex
Eritettix simplex, New Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Tribe: Eritettigini
Genus: Eritettix
Species:
E. simplex
Binomial name
Eritettix simplex
(Scudder, 1869)

References

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  1. ^ "Eritettix simplex Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Eritettix simplex". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869)". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

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  • Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.