Sphenarium

Sphenarium is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to Mexico and northern Central America.^[2][3] During outbreaks, they can cause significant damage to agricultural crops.^[3][4] Conversely, they have been caught for human consumption, for example as chapulines, since pre-Columbian times, a practice that also continues today.^[3][4]

Sphenarium
Sphenarium purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily:	Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe:	Sphenariini
Genus:	Sphenarium Charpentier, 1842[1]
Species
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Species

• Sphenarium adelinae, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
• Sphenarium borrei, Bolívar, 1884
• Sphenarium crypticum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
• Sphenarium histrio, Gerstaecker, 1884
• Sphenarium infernalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
• Sphenarium macrophallicum, Kevan & Boyle, 1978
• Sphenarium mexicanum, Saussure, 1859
• Sphenarium minimum, Bruner, 1906
• Sphenarium miztecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
• Sphenarium occidentalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
• Sphenarium planum, Bruner, 1906
• Sphenarium purpurascens, Charpentier, 1845
• Sphenarium rugosum, Bruner, 1906
• Sphenarium tarascum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
• Sphenarium totonacum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017
• Sphenarium variabile, Kevan & Boyle, 1978
• Sphenarium zapotecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017