Aeolacris caternaultii[3] is a species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae,[4][5] first described by Joachim Francois Philiberto de Feisthamel in 1837. The species was placed in Xiphicera by Joachim Francois Philiberto de Feisthamel, but moved to Aeolacris by Samuel Hubbard Scudder.[6]
Aeolacris caternaultii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Romaleidae |
Genus: | Aeolacris |
Species: | A. caternaultii |
Binomial name | |
Aeolacris caternaultii (Feisthamel, 1837) | |
Synonyms | |
Aeloacris caternaultii (Feisthamel, 1837)[1] |
It belongs to the genus Aeolacris.[5]
The locality of the neotype is Cayenne, French Guiana but is also known from Manaus, Brazil. Another specimen was also found at French Guiana, but is at Tumuc-Humac, Mitaraka, towards Sommet en Cloche.[7][4]
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