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Horsehead grasshopper

Pseudoproscopia scabra (Klug, 1820)

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The horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia scabra) is a species in the family Proscopiidae, order Orthoptera.

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Quick facts about the horsehead grasshopper

Weight
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Main food
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
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Countries on record
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Where does the horsehead grasshopper live?

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Is the horsehead grasshopper endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the horsehead grasshopper classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderOrthoptera
  5. familyProscopiidae
  6. genusPseudoproscopia
  7. SpeciesPseudoproscopia scabra (Klug, 1820)

Synonyms Proscopia parallela, Proscopia rostrata, Proscopia scabra

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Szarańcza patyczakowataPolish
  • Gafanhoto cabeça de cavaloPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the horsehead grasshopper

Other species in the same genus Pseudoproscopia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the horsehead grasshopper?

The horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia scabra) belongs to the family Proscopiidae in the order Orthoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia scabra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/horsehead-grasshopper

MLA

“Horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia scabra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/horsehead-grasshopper.

BibTeX
@misc{horsehead_grasshopper_2026,
  title = {Horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia scabra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/horsehead-grasshopper},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}