Koppie foam grasshopper (Dictyophorus spumans)

Dictyophorus spumans
Other common names
African foam grasshopper, rooibaadjie
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily:	Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe:	Dictyophorini
Genus:	Dictyophorus
Scientific name
Dictyophorus spumans (Thunberg, 1787)

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Taxonomy

For full nomenclature and taxonomic details of this taxon, see Orthoptera Species File

Subspecies

• Dictyophorus spumans spumans (Thunberg, 1787)
• Dictyophorus spumans ater (Distant, 1892)
• Dictyophorus spumans calceata (Bolívar, 1904)
• Dictyophorus spumans pulcher (Bolívar, 1904)
• Dictyophorus spumans servillei (Bolívar, 1904)

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