Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper (Procytettix hova), recorded as Critically Endangered
Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper (Procytettix hova). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper

Procytettix hova

Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper is a grasshopper or katydid in the family Tetrigidae (order Orthoptera) — Procytettix hova, recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Madagascar.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Procytettix hova
Recorded from
Madagascar
Taxonomy
Insecta · Orthoptera · Tetrigidae · Procytettix

The grasshopper or katydid

Grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets hear and sing. A species may be diagnosed by the song or by a mountain valley.

An insect has six legs and, in winged forms, one or two pairs of wings. Most named species in this catalog are known from a type series and a locality, not from a popular field guide.

Range and habitat

Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper is recorded from Madagascar.

GBIF currently lists 11 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Life history

Song, season, and a named mountain are how many of these insects were split. A silent valley after fire is an empty record.

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from Wikidata item Q10639344 and GBIF occurrence geography. No dedicated encyclopedia article was available at build time. Family and order context is original writing about the group — not a claim that a monograph exists for this name. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper?
Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper is a grasshopper or katydid in the family Tetrigidae (order Orthoptera) — Procytettix hova.
What is the conservation status of Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Procytettix hova. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper live?
The public record places it in Madagascar.
Why is Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Procytettix hova?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Small Snout Pygmy Grasshopper a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.