Paroxya atlantica, known generally as the Atlantic grasshopper or Atlantic locust, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1][5] It is semi-aquatic, often found on vegetation near the edges of slow-moving bodies of water. [6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Tribe: | Melanoplini |
| Genus: | Paroxya |
| Species: | P. atlantica
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| Binomial name | |
| Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877
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References
edit- ^ a b "Paroxya atlantica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Paroxya atlantica species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Paroxya atlantica". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Paroxya atlantica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Bateman, Philip W.; Fleming, Patricia A. (2011). "Failure to launch? The influence of limb autotomy on the escape behavior of a semiaquatic grasshopper Paroxya atlantica (Acrididae)". Behavioral Ecology. 22 (4): 763–768. doi:10.1093/beheco/arr045. ISSN 1465-7279.