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Proscopiidae

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 190 words | Copyright

Proscopiidae (order Orthoptera, suborder Caelifera) A family of extremely elongate, stick-like grasshoppers, which have conical heads. About 100 species are known, all endemic to S. America.

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