Pyrgomorphidae
Pyrgomorphidae | |
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Mountain grasshopper Monistria sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 |
Family: | Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 |
Pyrgomorphidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera commonly known as the gaudy grasshoppers.[1] It is the only family in the superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea, and contains 29 genera and at least 70 species and subspecies.[2]
Subfamilies and genera
Incomplete list of sub-families, tribes, genera and species:[3]
- Sub-family Orthacridinae or Ortacrinae
- Sub-family Pyrgomorphinae
- Tribe Atractomorphini
- Genus Atractomorpha
- Atractomorpha australis
- Atractomorpha psittacina
- Sub-tribe Occidentosphenina
- Genus Occidentosphena
- Occidentosphena ruandensis
- Occidentosphena uvarovi
- Genus Occidentosphena
- Genus Atractomorpha
- Tribe Desmopterini
- Genus Desmoptera
- Desmoptera truncatipennis[4]
- Genus Desmoptera
- Tribe Dictyophorini
- Genus Camoensia
- Genus Dictyophorus
- Genus Loveridgacris
- Genus Maura
- Genus Parapetasia
- Tribe Monistriini
- Genus Greyacris
- Greyacris profundesulcata[4]
- Genus Monistria
- Monistria cicatricosa
- Monistria concinna[4]
- Monistria consobrina
- Monistria discrepans
- Monistria latevittata
- Monistria maculicornis
- Monistria pavoninae
- Monistria picta
- Monistria pustulifera
- Monistria sulcata
- Monistria cicatricosa
- Genus Parastria
- Parastria reticulata
- Genus Pileolum
- Pileolum kirbyi
- Genus Yeelanna
- Yeelanna argus
- Yeelanna pavonina
- Genus Greyacris
- Tribe Petasidini
- Genus Petasida
- Petasida ephippigera (Leichhardt's grasshopper)[4][5]
- Genus Scutillya
- Scutillya verrucosa (Giant spotted pyrgomorph)[6]
- Genus Petasida
- Tribe Phymateini
- Genus Phymateus
- Tribe Psednurini
- Genus Propsednura
- Propsednura eyrei
- Propsednura peninsularis
- Genus Psedna
- Psedna nana
- Genus Psednura
- Psednura longicornis
- Psednura musgravei
- Psednura pedestris
- Genus Propsednura
- Tribe Pyrgomorphini
- Sub-tribe Arbusculina
- Sub-tribe Geloiodina
- Sub-tribe Parasphenina
- Sub-tribe Pyrgomorphina
- Tribe Atractomorphini
References
- ↑ http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9428
- ↑ "Pyrgomorphidae(Family)". zipcodezoo.com. BayScience Foundation, Inc. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ↑ http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9428
- 1 2 3 4 "Orthoptera (Grasshoppers & Locusts)". anic.ento.csiro.au. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ↑ http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_3200.htm
- ↑ http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3852.htm
External links
- Media related to Pyrgomorphidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Pyrgomorphidae at Wikispecies
- Pyrgomorphoidea at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Portal
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