Opaon is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Opaon, found in South America.[1][2]
| Opaon | |
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| Opaon varicolor, Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Rhytidochrotinae |
| Genus: | Opaon Kirby, 1902 |
Species edit
These species belong to the genus Opaon:
- Opaon eckhardtae Günther, 1940
- Opaon filicornis Descamps, 1973
- Opaon granulosus Kirby, 1902
- Opaon varicolor (Stål, 1878)
References edit
- ^ "Opaon". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2020). "genus Opaon Kirby, 1902". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
External links edit
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