# Chromacris

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{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Brazilian flag grasshopper (9378880424).jpg
| image_caption = ''[Chromacris psittacus](/source/Chromacris_psittacus)''
| taxon = Chromacris
| authority = [Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1870
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Chromacris''''' is a genus of lubber grasshoppers in the family [Romaleidae](/source/Romaleidae). The nine described species  in ''Chromacris''  are found in Mexico, Central America, or South America.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=Otte2019/> They often have bright [aposematic](/source/aposematic) colors and they are presumed to be toxic.<ref name=Whitman2008>{{cite journal| last=Whitman | first=D. | last2=Vincent | first2=S. | year=2008 | title=Large size as an antipredator defense in an insect | journal=Journal of Orthoptera Research | volume=17 | issue=2 | pages=353-371 | doi=10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.353 | doi-access=free }}</ref>

The genus was first described in 1870 by [Francis Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)).<ref name="gbif" /><ref>{{cite journal| author=Walker, F.|authorlink=Francis Walker (entomologist)|date= 1870|title= Genus 18 CHROMACRIS |journal= Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London|volume=4 |pages=605–809 [643]|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8218913}}</ref>

[[File:Soldadinhos.jpg| thumb|[Nymphs](/source/Nymph_(biology)) of ''[Chromacris speciosa](/source/Chromacris_speciosa)'' are highly social.]]

==Species==
These nine species belong to the genus ''Chromacris'':
* ''[Chromacris colorata](/source/Chromacris_colorata)'' <small>(Serville, 1838)</small>
* ''[Chromacris icterus](/source/Chromacris_icterus)'' <small>(Pictet & Saussure, 1887)</small>
* ''[Chromacris miles](/source/Chromacris_miles)'' <small>(Drury, 1770)</small>
* ''[Chromacris minuta](/source/Chromacris_minuta)'' <small>Roberts & Carbonell, 1982</small>
* ''[Chromacris nuptialis](/source/Chromacris_nuptialis)'' <small>(Gerstaecker, 1873)</small>
* ''[Chromacris peruviana](/source/Chromacris_peruviana)'' <small>(Pictet & Saussure, 1887)</small>
* ''[Chromacris psittacus](/source/Chromacris_psittacus)'' <small>(Gerstaecker, 1873)</small>
* ''[Chromacris speciosa](/source/Chromacris_speciosa)'' <small>(Thunberg, 1824)</small>
* ''[Chromacris trogon](/source/Chromacris_trogon)'' <small>(Gerstaecker, 1873)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Chromacris''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1714440
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2020-03-22
}}</ref>

<ref name=Otte2019>
{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-10-16
| title = genus Chromacris Walker, 1870
| date = 2019
| last1 = Otte | first1 = Daniel
| last2 = Cigliano | first2 = Maria Marta
| last3 = Braun | first3 = Holger
| last4 = Eades | first4 = David C.
| url = http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1116123
| website = Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
| title = Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States
| date = 2004
| last1 = Capinera | first1 = J. L
| last2 = Scott | first2 = R. D.
| last3 = Walker | first3 = T. J.
| publisher = Cornell University Press
| isbn = 978-0-8014-8948-8
}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
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* {{Commons-inline}}
{{refend}}

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Category:Romaleidae
Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
Category:Taxa described in 1870

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