Machaerocera

Machaerocera is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. This genus has a single species, Machaerocera mexicana. It is found in Mexico, the southwestern United States, and in Central and South America.^[1][2][3]

Machaerocera
Machaerocera mexicana, Mexican blue-wing grasshopper, México
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Machaerocerini Otte, 1995
Genus:	Machaerocera Saussure, 1859
Species:	M. mexicana
Binomial name
Machaerocera mexicana Saussure, 1859