Maspalomas Bow-legged Grasshopper
Dericorys minutus
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Insects
The Maspalomas bow-legged grasshopper 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.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Dericorythidae
- Genus
- Dericorys