Monachidium

Monachidium is a genus of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, containing a single species, the fairly large and aposematically colored Monachidium lunum from tropical South America.[1][2][3]

Monachidium
Monachidium lunum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Orthoptera
Suborder:
Caelifera
Superfamily:
Acridoidea
Family:
Acrididae
Subfamily:
Copiocerinae
Genus:
Monachidium

Serville, 1831
Species:
M. lunum
Binomial name
Monachidium lunum
Synonyms
  • Acrydium lunum (Johannson, 1763)
  • Gryllus lunus Johannson, 1763
  • Gryllus mithras Lichtenstein, 1796
  • Gryllus vexillatus Stoll, C., 1813
  • Monachidium cristaflammea Perty, J.A.M., 1832
  • Monachidium flavipes Serville, 1831
  • Monachidium lunus (Johannson, 1763)
  • Monachidium lunus cristaflammea Perty, J.A.M., 1832
  • Rhomalea opulentum Gerstaecker, 1889

Description

Monachidium lunum is native to the eastern and central Amazon in Brazil and the Guianas. It is a fairly large species, typically around 6 cm (2.4 in) long.[2][4] These grasshoppers have a bright and contrasting aposematic color pattern. The prothorax is bulbous and high. The head is black and the prothorax is orange or black. The elytra are blackish opaque, with transversal yellow bands. The wings are very dark blue, sometimes metallic violet. The abdomen is red and black. Antennae are yellow. Legs and tarsi are red.[5]

References
  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun. Orthoptera Species File.
  3. Biolib
  4. "Diferentes exemplares de gafanhotos" (in Portuguese). National Museum of Brazil. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  5. Guillaume), Audinet Serville (M , Jean (1839). Histoire naturelle des insectes: Orthoptères (in French). Librairie encyclopédique de Roret.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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