Giant Red-winged Grasshopper (Tropidacris cristata)

Botanical Gardens of Brasilia - DF, Brazil.

 

Species in the family Romaleidae can be found in the Americas.

 

Grasshoppers in the genus Tropidacris are among the largest in the world by length and wingspan. The genus includes Tropidacris cristata, the largest known grasshopper, reaching up to 14 cm in length, and 24 cm wingspan.

 

Class: Insecta

Order: Orthoptera

Suborder: Caelifera

Superfamily: Acridoidea

Family: Romaleidae

Subfamily: Romaleinae

Tribe: Tropidacrini

Genus: Tropidacris Scudder, 1869

Species: T. cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Binomial name: Tropidacris cristata

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