Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper
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| Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper | |
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| File:Dericorys minutus, Las Palmas, Canary Islands 1.jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Dericorythidae |
| Genus: | Dericorys |
| Species: | D. minutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dericorys minutus (Chopard, 1954)
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The Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper (Dericorys minutus) is a species of grasshopper of the family Acrididae. The species was once thought to be endemic to the town of Maspalomas on Gran Canaria Island but a second population was found in the north of Gran Canaria. The species hasn't been found around Maspalomas since 1949. It is considered Critically endangered, or almost extinct.[1]
References
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