Species info
Classification > Superfamily Acridoidea > Family Acrididae > Subfamily Paulininae > Genus Paulinia
Paulinia acuminata (De Geer 1773)
© Pocco, M.E.
© Pocco, M.E.
© Pocco, M.E.
Male, El Impenetrable National Park © Holger Braun
Male, El Impenetrable National Park © Holger Braun
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • Misiones
    • Santa Fe
    • Tucumán
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
From Central America to Argentina, East of the Andes.
 
Synonyms
  • Acrydium acuminatum De Geer 1773
  • Coelopterna acuminate (De Geer 1773)
  • Paulinia muscosa Blanchard 1843
  • Epacromia selecta Walker 1871
  • Coelopterna stali Scudder 1875
  • Coelopterna acuminate brevipennis Giglio-Tos 1894
Observations
A highly variable aquatic species thathas macropterous and brachypterous individuals. Due to its variability the species has been described several times under different names. It is considered a beneficial insect because it is a limiting factor of aquatic weeds in the tropical Americas. Paulinia acuminata was introduced in Kenya, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, India, Fiji and Australia as potential agents of aquatic weed biocontrol (Bennett, 1975).
Host plants
Salvinia auriculata, Pistia striatiotes, Lemna sp., Hydromistria stolonifera, Spirodella intermedia, Azolla filiculoides.
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References
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  • LIEBERMANN. 1939a. Catálogo sistemático y biográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la sociedad Entomológica Argentina 10:125-230
  • LIEBERMANN. 1941a. Contribución a la Zoogeografía, taxonomía y ecología de los acridoideos de Entre Ríos. Publicación del Ministerio de Hacienda, Justicia e Instrucción Pública de Paraná, Entre Ríos, 41 pp.
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  • BARTHLOTT ET AL.. 1994. Mimicry and ultraestructural analogy between the semi-aquatic grasshopper Paulinia acuminata (Orthoptera: Pauliniidae) and its foodplant, the water-fem Salvinia auriculata (Fillcatae: Salviniaceae). Amazoniana 13:47-58.
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