Dissosteira

Dissosteira
	Carolina Grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Trimerotropini
Genus:	Dissosteira; Scudder, 1876

Dissosteira is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae found in North America. They are about 1 to 1+1⁄2 inches long, and are completely grey. They can also be found in varying shades of brown.

Species

Arranged alphabetically.^[1]

Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Carolina Grasshopper, Black-winged Grasshopper (also called Road-duster)^[2]
Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas, 1872) – High Plains Grasshopper
Dissosteira pictipennis Bruner, 1905 – California Rose-Winged Grasshopper
Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884 – Spurcate Grasshopper

References

Notes

^ Dissosteira, ITIS Report
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2013-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources

Dissosteira, BugGuide

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[1] Dissosteira, ITIS Report

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2013-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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