Rhammatocerus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and the tribe Scyllinini. There are about 16 described species in Rhammatocerus, including R. schistocercoides, the "Mato Grosso locust".
Species
These 16 species belong to the genus Rhammatocerus:
- Rhammatocerus alticola <small>(Hebard, 1923)</small>
- Rhammatocerus brasiliensis <small>(Bruner, 1904)</small>
- Rhammatocerus brunneri <small>(Giglio-Tos, 1895)</small>
- Rhammatocerus cyanipes <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small>
- Rhammatocerus guerrai <small>Assis-Pujol, 1997</small>
- Rhammatocerus palustris <small>Carbonell, 1988</small>
- Rhammatocerus peragrans <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1861)</small>
- Rhammatocerus pictus <small>(Bruner, 1900)</small>
- Rhammatocerus pratensis <small>(Bruner, 1904)</small>
- Rhammatocerus pseudocyanipes <small>Assis-Pujol, 1997</small>
- Rhammatocerus salinus <small>(Bruner, 1904)</small>
- Rhammatocerus schistocercoides <small>(Rehn, 1906)</small>
- Rhammatocerus suffusus <small>(Rehn, 1906)</small>
- Rhammatocerus varipes <small>(Bruner, 1905)</small>
- Rhammatocerus viatorius <small>(Saussure, 1861)</small> (traveller grasshopper)
- Rhammatocerus victori <small>Alves Dos Santos & Assis-Pujol, 2003</small>
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