Sumichrast toothpick grasshopper (Achurum sumichrasti)

Achurum sumichrasti
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Gomphocerinae
Tribe:	Mermiriini
Genus:	Achurum
Scientific name
Achurum sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861)
Geography
Native countries:
Belize Honduras Mexico Panama United States Guatemala Nicaragua Costa Rica

The Sumichrast toothpick grasshopper (Achurum sumichrasti) is a species of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

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Identification

Identification resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993		View URL
Action plan for managing the Central American locust	International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health	2019		View URL

Associated organizations

Organization name	Acronym	Website	Type	Focus	Focus keywords	Geographic purview
International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health	OIRSA	View	Intergovernmental Organization	Management, Governance, Education	Training, Regional cooperation, Monitoring, Control	Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic

Resources

Title	Author(s)	Year	Geographic purview	URL
A Manual of the Grasshoppers of New Mexico	New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service,D.B. Richman, D.C. Lightfoot, C.A. Sutherland and DJ. Ferguson	1993		View URL
Action plan for managing the Central American locust	International Regional Organization of Plant and Animal Health	2019		View URL

Specimen contributors for this species

Bionomia links specimen records in GBIF to the people who collected and identified them. Each list shows the top 20 for this species.

Collected by

People who collected specimens of this species in the field.

• Daniel Alexander Carrillo Martínez — 1 specimen collected
• Martin Murillo — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

People who determined the taxonomic identity of specimens of this species.

• Tyler Grant — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

Biota Information System of New MexicoBugGuideCatalogue of LifeCONABIOEncyclopedia of LifeGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGITIS TSNNatureServe ExplorerOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)Orthoptera Species File taxon ID (new)Xeno-canto