Titanacris is a genus of large grasshoppers in the subfamily Romaleinae and tribe Tropidacrini.[2] They are found from southeastern Mexico, through Central and South America, ranging south to northernmost Argentina.[2][3]
Adult males are generally 5–9 cm (2.0–3.5 in) long and females 7–13 cm (2.8–5.1 in) long, but they are quite poorly known because they live high in the canopy of tropical forests, they are excellent fliers (not easily caught), and only T. albipes and T. velazquezii appear to regularly be attracted to artificial light at night.[3] They are mostly green, but in flight they have conspicuously violet, red, orange-red or pink wings; their wings lack the dark rear edge and spotting seen in the closely related Tropidacris.[3] The shape of the female's ovipositor indicates that the eggs are deposited in the soil, similar to the better-known Tropidacris.[3]
^Scudder (1869) Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 12: 352.
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^ abcdDescamps, M.; Carbonell, C.S. (1985). "Revision of the Neotropical Arboreal Genus Titanacris (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Romaleidae)". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 21 (3): 259–285. doi:10.1080/21686351.1985.12278760.
the genus Titanacris: Titanacris albipes (De Geer, 1773) - type species (as Acrydium albipes De Geer, by subsequent designation) Titanacris gloriosa (Hebard...
separates them from all other Titanacris species that have extensive red, orange-red or pink to their wings. Titanacris albipes - Gwannon.com Descamps...
plantations and ornamental plants. Tropidacris and the closely related Titanacris form the tribe Tropidacrini, but the latter genus, which generally is...
Atractomorpha lata, evades predators with camouflage. Lubber grasshopper, Titanacris albipes, has deimatically coloured wings, used to startle predators. Leaf...