ANIMALS – INSECTS – LOCUSTS – TUCURA LOCUST (BORELLIA BRUNERI)

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Tucura Locust (Borellia bruneri)

Scientific Classification:

Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Arthropoda
Class : Insecta
Order : Orthoptera
Suborder : Caelifera
Superfamily :Acridoidea
Family : Acrididae
Genus : Borellia
Species : B. Bruneri

Description:

The Tucura Locust(Borellia bruneri), is a species from the family Acrididae, the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.

The name Acrididae is derived from Greek akris, meaning locust.

Binomial Name:

Name : Borellia bruneri
Taxonomist : J.A.G. Rehn
Year : 1906
Subspecies : None, or no data available
Synonyms : None, or no data available

Conservation Status by IUCN:

Status : Not Evaluated, or not data available

Philatelic Issues

2013 – Uruguay – Stamp 1 of 4, from Spring Series

Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: August 30th, 2013
Printed: 15.000 Copies
Type: Stamp from Series of 4 Stamps
Value: UYP 15

Stamp: Rectangular
Size: 39 mm. x 27 mm.
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated