Dissosteira

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Caelifera
Infraordo: Acrididea
Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamilia: Oedipodinae
Tribus: Sphingonotini
Genus: Dissosteira
Species: D. carolina – D. longipennis – D. pictipennis – D. spurcata
Name

Dissosteira Samuel Hubbard Scudder, 1876

Type species: Gryllus carolinus Linnaeus, 1758

References
Primary references

Scudder, S.H. 1862. Report on the Orthoptera collected by the U. S. geographical surveys west of the 100th meridian, under the direction of Lt. George M. Wheeler during the season of 1875. Ann. Rep. Chief Engineer's 1876: 498–515. Reference page. [p. 511]

Links

Dissosteira in the Orthoptera Species File database, accessed on 28/10/2013.

Dissosteira is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae found in North America. They are about 1 to 1 1/2 inches long, and are completely grey. They can also be found in varying shades of brown.
Species

Arranged alphabetically.[1]

Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) – Carolina Grasshopper, Black-winged Grasshopper (also called Road-duster)[2]
Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas, 1872) – High Plains Grasshopper
Dissosteira pictipennis Bruner, 1905 – California Rose-Winged Grasshopper
Dissosteira spurcata Saussure, 1884 – Spurcate Grasshopper

References

Notes

Dissosteira, ITIS Report

"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2013-08-23.

Sources

Dissosteira, BugGuide