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
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Tribe:	Copiocerini
Genus:	Monachidium Serville, 1831
Species:	M. lunum
Binomial name
Monachidium lunum (Johannson, 1763)
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]