Sphenarium | |
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Chapulín de la milpa (Sphenarium purpurascens) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Pyrgomorphidae |
Genus: |
Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842 |
Sphenarium is a grasshoppers genus in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to Mexico. Various species are caught and eaten as chapulines.