Pyrgomorphidae

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Pyrgomorphidae (spear-headed grasshoppers; suborder Ensifera, superfamily Acridoidea) Family of slender, medium sized, mainly tropical, short-horned, grasshoppers, which may be winged or wingless, and cryptically or brightly coloured; they are characterized by having a conical head and a raised process on the prosternum.

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