Bootettix argentatus
| Bootettix argentatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Acrolophitini |
| Genus: | Bootettix |
| Species: | B. argentatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bootettix argentatus Bruner, 1890
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Bootettix argentatus, the creosote bush grasshopper, is a species of slant-faced grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4] The species is monophagous, and feeds exclusively on the creosote bush Larrea divaricata.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Bootettix argentatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Bootettix argentatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Bootettix argentatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Bootettix argentatus Bruner, 1890". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ^ Chapman, R.F.; Fraser, J. (1989). "The chemosensory system of the monophagus grasshopper, Bootettix argentatus bruner (Orthoptera : Acrididae)". International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 18 (2–3): 111–118. doi:10.1016/0020-7322(89)90020-2.
- ^ Costa, Giovanni (2012). Behavioural Adaptations of Desert Animals. Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-79356-1.
Further reading
- Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.