family
Pygmy Grasshoppers
Tetrigidae
Field notes
Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers, pygmy devils or (mostly historical) "grouse locusts".
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native pygmy grasshoppers All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Slender Groundhopper
Tetrix subulata
5,484 observations
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Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper
Tettigidea lateralis
4,794 observations
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Mexican Pygmy Grasshopper
Clypeotettix mexicanus
2,190 observations
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Obscure Grouse Locust
Tetrix arenosa
1,252 observations
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Aztec Pygmy Grasshopper
Teredorus aztecus
486 observations
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Spined Grouse Locust
Tettigidea armata
101 observations
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Ornate Grouse Locust
Tetrix ornata
95 observations
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Clypeotettix schochii
30 observations
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Brunner's Grouse Locust
Tetrix brunnerii
24 observations
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Cone-head Pygmy Grasshopper
Tettigidea prorsa
3 observations
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Acute Pygmy Grasshopper
Tettigidea acuta
2 observations
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Obese Pygmy Grasshopper
Paxilla obesa
1 observations
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Sierra Pygmy Grasshopper
Tetrix sierrana
1 observations