Parascopas sanguineus

Altiplano Leste - Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

 

This is a showy metallic grasshopper in the subfamily Melanoplinae of the family Acrididae.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Orthoptera

Suborder: Caelifera

Superfamily: Acridoidea

Family: Acrididae

Subfamily: Melanoplinae

Genus: Parascopas Bruner, 1906

Species: P. sanguineus Bruner, 1910

Binomial name: Parascopas sanguineus

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