Sphenarium
Sphenarium is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, native to Mexico and northern Central America. During outbreaks, they can cause significant damage to agricultural crops. Conversely, they have been caught for human consumption, for example as chapulines, since pre-Columbian times, a practice that also continues today.
Species
Sphenarium adelinae, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017Sphenarium borrei, Bolívar, 1884Sphenarium crypticum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017Sphenarium histrio, Gerstaecker, 1884Sphenarium infernalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017Sphenarium macrophallicum, Kevan & Boyle, 1978Sphenarium mexicanum, Saussure, 1859Sphenarium minimum, Bruner, 1906Sphenarium miztecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017Sphenarium occidentalis, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017Sphenarium planum, Bruner, 1906Sphenarium purpurascens, Charpentier, 1845Sphenarium rugosum, Bruner, 1906Sphenarium tarascum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017Sphenarium totonacum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017Sphenarium variabile, Kevan & Boyle, 1978Sphenarium zapotecum, Sanabria-Urbán, Song & Cueva del Castillo, 2017