# Heliastus

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{{short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Heliastus aztecus.jpg
| image_caption = ''Heliastus aztecus''
| taxon = Heliastus
| authority = Saussure, 1884
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Heliastus''''' is a genus of [band-winged grasshopper](/source/band-winged_grasshopper)s in the family [Acrididae](/source/Acrididae). There are about 10 described species in the genus ''Heliastus''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/><ref name=Otte2019/>

==Species==
These 10 species belong to the genus ''Heliastus'':
* ''[Heliastus aztecus](/source/Heliastus_aztecus)'' <small>Saussure, 1884</small>
* ''[Heliastus benjamini](/source/Heliastus_benjamini)'' <small>Caudell, 1905</small> (arroyo grasshopper)
* ''[Heliastus cirrhoides](/source/Heliastus_cirrhoides)'' <small>Otte, 1984</small>
* ''[Heliastus guanieri](/source/Heliastus_guanieri)'' <small>Caudell, 1903</small>
* ''[Heliastus infrequens](/source/Heliastus_infrequens)'' <small>Otte, 1984</small>
* ''[Heliastus obesus](/source/Heliastus_obesus)'' <small>Saussure, 1884</small>
* ''[Heliastus rubellus](/source/Heliastus_rubellus)'' <small>Otte, 1984</small>
* ''[Heliastus rufipennis](/source/Heliastus_rufipennis)'' <small>Liebermann, 1945</small>
* ''[Heliastus subroseus](/source/Heliastus_subroseus)'' <small>Caudell, 1904</small> (rose-wing beach grasshopper)
* ''[Heliastus sumichrasti](/source/Heliastus_sumichrasti)'' <small>(Saussure, 1861)</small>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Heliastus'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657706
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Heliastus''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1711507
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=buglink>
{{Cite web| title=''Heliastus'' genus Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/144971
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}</ref>

<ref name=Otte2019>
{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2019-07-02
| title = genus Heliastus Saussure, 1884
| 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=1104364
| website = Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
| title = The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets
| date = 2003
| last1 = Bland | first1 = Roger
| publisher = Michigan State University Extension
| isbn = 978-1565250178
}}
* {{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
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetogras0000capi
}}
{{refend}}

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