Batrachideinae
| Batrachideinae | |
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| Tettigidea armata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Subfamily: | Batrachideinae Bolívar, 1887 |
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Batrachideinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are thought to be 20 genera in Batrachideinae, with genera found in the Americas, Africa, (mostly tropical) Asia and Australia.[1]
Description
[edit]Groudhoppers in this subfamily are characterised by having antennae consisting of 18-22 segments (other Tetrigidae have less than 16).[2]
Genera
[edit]About 25 genera in three tribes belong to the subfamily Batrachideinae:[1]
Batrachideini
[edit]Auth. Bolívar, 1887 - Americas
- Batrachidea Serville, 1838 c g
- Cranotettix Grant, 1955 c g
- Danatettix Thomas, Skejo & Heads, 2019
- Eutettigidea Hancock, 1914 c g
- Halmatettix Hancock, 1909 c g
- Lophoscirtus Bruner, 1910 c g
- Paurotarsus Hancock, 1900 c g
- Paxilla Bolívar, 1887 i c g
- Plectronotus Morse, 1900 c g
- Puiggaria Bolívar, 1887 c g
- Rehnidium Grant, 1956 c g
- Scaria Bolívar, 1887 c g
- Tettigidea Scudder, 1862 i c g b
Bufonidini
[edit]Auth. Hancock, 1907 - Australasia
- Anaselina Storozhenko, 2019
- Bufonides Bolívar, 1898 c g
- Hyperyboella Günther, 1938
- Paraselina Storozhenko, 2019
- Selivinga Storozhenko, 2019
- Vilma Steinmann, 1973 c g
- Vingselina Sjöstedt, 1921 c g
Cassitettigini
[edit]Auth. Yin, 1984 - Africa, tropical Asia
- Ascetotettix Grant, 1956 c g
- Palaioscaria Günther, 1936 c g
- Phloeonotus Bolívar, 1887 c g
- Saussurella Bolívar, 1887 c g
- Wiemersiella Tumbrinck, 2014 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. (2013-10-03). "Review of the subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)". Zootaxa. 3718 (2): 158–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26258216.
- ^ "Batrachideinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
- ^ "Batrachideinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
Further reading
[edit]- Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
- Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.
External links
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Media related to Batrachideinae at Wikimedia Commons
