Paulinia acuminata (De Geer, 1773) is a animal in the Acrididae family, order Orthoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Paulinia acuminata (De Geer, 1773)

Paulinia acuminata is the only species in the monotypic genus Paulinia and monotypic South American subfamily Pauliniinae in the Acrididae grasshopper family.

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Paulinia

Order

Orthoptera

Class

Insecta

About Paulinia acuminata (De Geer, 1773)

Paulinia is a genus of grasshoppers that belongs to the South American subfamily Pauliniinae Hebard, 1923. This subfamily is monotypic, meaning it contains only this single genus. The genus Paulinia is also monotypic, having only one species. It was erected by Blanchard in 1843, originally for the species Paulinia muscosa. That species is now classified as Paulinia acuminata (De Geer, 1773), the only species in both the genus and the subfamily, which is placed in the family Acrididae.