Species Information - Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure 1887

Within this species at least two color morphs can be found: Color morph “reddish orange" and "dark grey"

In grassland areas with forbs, and shrubs; and in edges of low forests

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LIEBERMANN. 1935a. Catálogo sistematico y razonado de acridoideos argentinos. Géneros: Prionolopha, Diedronotus, Elaeochlora y Chromacris (Orthop., Acrididae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 7:25-50.
POCCO. 2014. “Romaleini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) neotropicales: biodiversidad, filogenia y biogeografía". Tesis Doctoral, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata.
POCCO ET AL. 2014. Taxonomic delimitation in color polymorphic species of the South American grasshopper genus Diponthus Stål (Orthoptera, Romaleidae, Romaleini). Insect Systematics and Evolution 45:303-350:326.
POCCO, M.E., LANGE, C.E. & CIGLIANO, M.M. 2023. Relationships and taxonomy of the genus Diponthus Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae). Zootaxa, 5336(1), 33–81