Tucayaca is a genus of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about five described species in Tucayaca, found mainly in South America.[1][2]
| Tucayaca | |
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| Tucayaca gracilis, Argentina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Leptysminae |
| Tribe: | Leptysmini |
| Genus: | Tucayaca Bruner, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Tucayaca aquatica Bruner, 1920
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Species
editThese five species belong to the genus Tucayaca:
- Tucayaca aquatica Bruner, 1920
- Tucayaca biserrata Roberts, 1977
- Tucayaca coeruleipes Roberts, 1977
- Tucayaca gracilis (Giglio-Tos, 1897)
- Tucayaca parvula Roberts, 1977
References
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- ^ "Tucayaca". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "genus Tucayaca Bruner, 1920". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
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