Eumorsea pinaleno

Eumorsea pinaleno
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Eumastacidae
Genus: Eumorsea
Species: E. pinaleno
Binomial name
Eumorsea pinaleno
Rehn & Grant, 1959

Eumorsea pinaleno is a species of grasshopper in the family Eumastacidae. It is endemic to the Arizona in the United States, where it is likely restricted to the Pinaleno Mountains. It is known commonly as the Pinaleno monkey grasshopper.[1]

This grasshopper has an elongated body 8 to 24 millimeters long and long legs. It has no wings. Little is known about the biology of the species.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Eumorsea pinaleno. Heritage Data Management System, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona. 2001.

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