Английская Википедия:Dictyophorus spumans

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Dictyophorus spumans, the koppie foam grasshopper or Шаблон:Lang, is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae indigenous to southern Africa. The name "foaming grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic glands.[1] Its genus Dictyophorus is closely related to Phymateus.

Adult males are typically Шаблон:Cvt long and females typically Шаблон:Cvt,[2] but can grow up to a length of Шаблон:Cvt.[3] The neck shield has a warty surface, and the grasshopper's colors are highly variable but usually with at least parts that are contrasting and bright. It is toxic due to the poisons that it sequesters from its diet, which includes a large number of toxic and distasteful plants such as milkweed.[3]

Subspecies

  • D. s. subsp. spumans – South Africa
  • D. s. subsp. ater – northern South Africa and Zimbabwe
  • D. s. subsp. pulchra – eastern South Africa and Mozambique
  • D. s. subsp. servillei – southern Africa
  • D. s. subsp. calceata – southern Africa

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References

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