Ligurotettix coquilletti, known generally as the desert clicker grasshopper or creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. As its common name suggests, the species feeds on Larrea tridentata.[1] It is found in Central America and North America,[2][3][4][5] in North America specifically in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.[1] Males defend individual creosote plants as mating territories, often preferring plants with lower amounts of toxic chemicals.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Genus: | Ligurotettix |
| Species: | L. coquilletti
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| Ligurotettix coquilletti McNeill, 1897
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References
edit- ^ a b c Greenfield, Michael D.; Shelly, Todd E.; Gonzalez-Coloma, Azucena (1989). "Territory Selection in a Desert Grasshopper: The Maximization of Conversion Efficiency on a Chemically Defended Shrub". Journal of Animal Ecology. 58 (3): 761–771. doi:10.2307/5122. ISSN 0021-8790.
- ^ "Ligurotettix coquilletti Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ligurotettix coquilletti". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Ligurotettix coquilletti species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Ligurotettix coquilletti McNeill, 1897". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
edit- Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.
External links
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