Pseudoproscopia scabra

Pseudoproscopia scabra
Horsehead grasshopper, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Proscopiidae
Genus: Pseudoproscopia
Species:
P. scabra
Binomial name
Pseudoproscopia scabra
(Klug, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Proscopia rostrata Klug, 1820
  • Proscopia scabra Klug, 1820
  • Proscopia parallela Walker, 1870

Pseudoproscopia scabra, commonly known as the horsehead grasshopper, is a species of neotropical "stick grasshopper" of the family Proscopiidae. It is found in South America in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Venezuela and Peru.