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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Orthoptera > Grasshoppers

Preferred term

Grasshoppers  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acrididae
  • Locust
  • Locusts
  • Romaleidae

Note

  • do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111

Scope note

  • Plant-eating orthopterans having hindlegs adapted for jumping. There are two main families: Acrididae and Romaleidae. Some of the more common genera are: Melanoplus, the most common grasshopper; Conocephalus, the eastern meadow grasshopper; and Pterophylla, the true katydid.

History note

  • 72; LOCUSTS was see under GRASSHOPPERS 1972-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006110

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