Kukus grass pyrgomorph (Atractomorpha crenulata)

Kukus grass pyrgomorph (Atractomorpha crenulata) is a species of animal in the Pyrgomorphidae, winged insects, medium-sized grasshoppers with a slender shape, pointed front end, short antennae, green and spends time in bushes or low trees.

A. crenulata has an elongated body, slender, bright green with white spots all over. The front snout is pointed with a bluish tip. A pair of short antennae with blue at the base and green at the ends.



The eyes have dark lines. The wings are the same length as the belly, linear stripes and bright green in color. The abdomen is large, cylindrical, segmented and green with a blunt tip.

The legs are cylindrical, slender, bright green in color and the hind legs have rows of short spines. Kukus grass pyrgomorph lives in bushes and low trees in forests, farmlands and roadsides.

TAXON

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Superfamily: Pyrgomorphoidea
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe: Atractomorphini
Genus: Atractomorpha Saussure (1862)
Species: Atractomorpha crenulata Fabricius (1793)

SYNONYMS

Pyrgomorpha acuminipennis Blanchard (1963)
Atractomorpha consobrina Saussure (1862)
Attractomorpha cranulata Fabricius (1793)
Truxalis crenatus Fabricius (1793)
Atractomorpha obscura Bolívar (1917)
Truxalis porrecta Walker (1859)
Atractomorpha crenulata var. prasina Bolívar (1905)
Truxalis scaber Thunberg (1815)

PUBLICATIONS

Agrawal, N.S. (1955) Bionomics of Atractomorpha crenulata Fab. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Indian Journal of Entomology, 17, 230–240.

Banerjee, S.K. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1960) A preliminary revision of the genus Atractomorpha Saussure, 1862 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 25(2), 165–189. Available at http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/treubia/article/view/2741

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 短翅负蝗
English: Kukus grass pyrgomorph, tobacco grasshopper
Indonesia: Belalang kukus, Belalang kukus hijau
Thai: ตั๊กแตนหัวยื่นโคนปีกแดง

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