Psychomastax deserticola

Psychomastax deserticola, the desert monkey grasshopper, is a species of monkey grasshopper in the family Eumastacidae. It is found in North America.[2][3][1][4]

Psychomastax deserticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Eumastacidae
Genus: Psychomastax
Species:
P. deserticola
Binomial name
Psychomastax deserticola
Hebard, 1934

The IUCN conservation status of Psychomastax deserticola is "VU", vulnerable. The species faces a high risk of endangerment in the medium term. The IUCN status was reviewed in 1996.[1][5]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Psychomastax deserticola:

  • Psychomastax deserticola deserticola Hebard, 1934
  • Psychomastax deserticola indigena Rehn & Grant, 1959

References

  1. "Psychomastax deserticola Red List status". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Psychomastax deserticola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. "Psychomastax deserticola". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Psychomastax deserticola Hebard, 1934". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.


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