-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids (Order Orthoptera)

-Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Allies (Suborder Caelifera)

-Grasshoppers (Infraorder Acrididea)

-Short-horned Grasshoppers and Locusts (Superfamily Acridoidea)

-Short-horned Grasshoppers (Family Acrididae)

-Subfamily Proctolabinae

-Tribe Proctolabini

-Subtribe Proctolabina

-Genus Proctolabus

Grasshoppers in the genus Proctolabus are, medium-sized insects belonging to the family Acrididae, primarily native to the tropical and subtropical forests of Mexico and Central America. Members of this genus are typically found in the dense understory of humid forests, where they are specialized herbivores feeding on a variety of broad-leaved plants. One of the most distinctive anatomical features of Proctolabus is the enlarged, bulbous tip of the male's abdomen, a trait that gives the genus its name.