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Euloryma zebrata

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Polyneoptera > Anartioptera > Orthopterida > Orthoptera > Caelifera (grasshoppers and locusts) > Acrididea > Acridomorpha > Acridoidea > Family: Acrididae > Subfamily: Hemiacridinae > Genus: Euloryma

Recorded from near Middelberg, near Cradock and from near Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, all in the Grassland Biome, but in close proximity to Nama Karoo Biome.

Euloryma zebrata males, freshly collected. [images L Spearman and D Otte ©]

References

  • Spearman LA. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the South African grasshopper genus Euloryma (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 139(1): 1-111.