Galidacris

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Galidacris
Galidacris.jpg
Galidacris, species unknown - Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Superfamily:
Acridoidea
Family:
Acrididae
Subfamily:
Rhytidochrotinae
Genus:
Galidacris

Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972

Galidacris is a genus of grasshoppers belonging to the family Acrididae.[1][2] They are found in South America within Colombia and Ecuador. [1]

Behavior[]

The males of the genus have been recorded approaching a female, moving their hind legs (knee-waving) and antennae (twitch-back) silently. The reasoning behind this requires further study. This behavior is a mark of convergent evolution as members in more distantly related grasshoppers share this behavior, while other closer genera do not.[3]

Species[]

  • Galidacris agilis (Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972)
  • Galidacris cordillerae (Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972)
  • Galidacris eckardtae (Günther, 1940)
  • Galidacris variabilis (Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972)[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "genus Galidacris Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  2. ^ Pocco, Martina E.; Cigliano, María Marta (2020-03-10). "The grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridomorpha) from the Mitaraka Mountain Range, French Guiana". Zoosystema. 42 (7): 105. doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a7. ISSN 1280-9551.
  3. ^ Riede, Klaus (1987). "Behavioural studies on neotropical grasshoppers: implication for taxonomy" (PDF). Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects.
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