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Titanacris albipes
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Grasshoppers & crickets

Titanacris albipes

Names

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Chinese蓝翅巨蝗
Sranan Tongosprenka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameTitanacris albipes (De Geer, 1773)

About this species

Titanacris albipes, the purple-winged grasshopper, is a large species of South American grasshopper in the family Romaleidae. This species lives in the canopy of the Amazon rainforest and also extends into the Cerrado region in gallery forest. It is often attracted to artificial light during the night.

Adult males are generally 6.5–8 cm (2.6–3.1 in) long and females 9.5–11 cm (3.7–4.3 in) long. Both sexes are primarily deep green and most of their wings are uniformly purple, which is conspicuous in flight and separates them from all other Titanacris species that have extensive red, orange-red or pink to their wings.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderOrthoptera
FamilyRomaleidae
GenusTitanacris

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2024First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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