# Zonocerus

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{{Short description|Genus of grasshoppers}}
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| image = Variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus).jpg
| image_caption = ''Zonocerus variegatus''
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| taxon = Zonocerus
| authority = [Stål](/source/Carl_St%C3%A5l), 1873
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'''''Zonocerus''''' is a genus of African grasshoppers ([Caelifera](/source/Caelifera)) in the family [Pyrgomorphidae](/source/Pyrgomorphidae) and the tribe Phymateini.<ref name="Orthoptera Species File"/><ref name="COL"/>  ''Zonocerus elegans'' is found in central, eastern and southern regions, including Madagascar, and ''Z. variegatus'' found in western regions.<ref name="Orthoptera Species File">{{cite web |url=http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1120826 |title=genus ''Zonocerus'' Stål, 1873 |work=Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0) |access-date=7 July 2021 }}</ref>

==Description==
Both species are significant agricultural [pests](/source/Pest_(organism)), defoliating crops of African [smallholder](/source/smallholder) farmers. Both adults and [nymphs](/source/Nymph_(biology)) have relatively bright, [aposematic](/source/aposematic) colours, and adults typically are about {{cvt|3-5|cm}} long.<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>

==Species==
The ''Orthoptera Species File''<ref name="Orthoptera Species File"/> and [Catalogue of Life](/source/Catalogue_of_Life)<ref name="COL"/> list the following:
*''[Zonocerus elegans](/source/Zonocerus_elegans)'' <small>(Thunberg, 1815)</small> – '''type species''' (as "''Gryllus elegans''" Thunberg)
*''[Zonocerus variegatus](/source/Zonocerus_variegatus)'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Zonocerus elegans, voetganger, Roodeplaat NR.jpg|''Z. elegans'' nymph
File:Variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus) nymph.jpg|''Z. variegatus'' nymph
File:Elegant Grasshoppers (Zonocerus elegans) mating (13605244233).jpg|''Z. elegans'', mating pair
</gallery>

==References==
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<ref name="COL">{{cite web|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/zonocerus/match/1|author=Roskov Y.|author2= Kunze T.|author3=Orrell T.|author4=Abucay L.|author5=Paglinawan L.|author6=Culham A.|author7=Bailly N.|author8=Kirk P.|author9=Bourgoin T.|author10=Baillargeon G.|author11=Decock W.|author12=De Wever A.|editor=Didžiulis V.|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.|year=2011|access-date=24 September 2012}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Zonocerus|''Zonocerus''}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline |Zonocerus|''Zonocerus''}}

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Category:Pyrgomorphidae
Category:Caelifera genera
Category:Taxa named by Carl Stål

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