Tricolor grasshopper (Paracinema tricolor)

Paracinema tricolor
Taxonomic classification
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Oedipodinae
Tribe:	Epacromiini
Genus:	Paracinema
Scientific name
Paracinema tricolor (Thunberg, 1815)
Geography
Native countries:
Rwanda Burundi Uganda

The Tricolor grasshopper (Paracinema tricolor) is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae (band-winged grasshoppers).

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Taxonomy

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

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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.

• Angelo Andrianiaina — 41 specimens collected
• Gilles San Martin — 6 specimens collected
• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 6 specimens collected

• Duarte Frade — 5 specimens collected
• Fernando Lima — 2 specimens collected
• Ivan Paz-Vinas — 2 specimens collected
• Josip Skejo — 2 specimens collected
• Paul Hoekman — 1 specimen collected
• Luis Moreira da Costa — 1 specimen collected
• Oleg Kosterin — 1 specimen collected
• Sebastian Ćato — 1 specimen collected
• Emiliano Mori — 1 specimen collected
• Hubert Szczygiel — 1 specimen collected
• Anthony G Rebelo — 1 specimen collected
• Nicolas Moulin — 1 specimen collected
• Tiago Carrapiço — 1 specimen collected
• David Marcelo Torres Arizaga — 1 specimen collected

Identified by

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

• Angelo Andrianiaina — 56 specimens identified
• Luis Pascoal da Silva — 5 specimens identified
• Gilles San Martin — 4 specimens identified

• Duarte Frade — 4 specimens identified
• 태우 김 — 3 specimens identified
• Fernando Lima — 2 specimens identified
• Josip Skejo — 2 specimens identified
• Sebastian Ćato — 1 specimen identified
• Emiliano Mori — 1 specimen identified
• Riaan Stals — 1 specimen identified
• Tiago Carrapiço — 1 specimen identified

References

Taxon identifiers

BOLD SystemsCatalogue of LifeEncyclopedia of LifeEPPOEUNISFauna EuropaeaFauna Europaea NewGBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)Google Knowledge GraphiNaturalistInsects (Insecta) of the WorldIRMNGNCBI taxonomyObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifeOrthoptera Species File ID (old version)TAXREFUMLS CUI