Pyrgomorphidae
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Pyrgomorphoidea
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Pyrgomorphidae
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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]
File:Pyrgomorphidae Phymateus morbillosus Male Common milkweed locust 9258.jpg
Phymateus morbillosus. Male. Common milkweed locust photographed in thorn tree (African acacia sp.) at Sterkfontein
File:Probably mature and Immature Dictyophorus Cedarberg South Africa.jpg
Mature and immature Dictyophorus spumans photographed in the Cedarberg in South Africa
File:Immature Dictyophorus spumans Cedarberg South Africa.jpg
Immature Dictyophorus spumans Cedarberg South Africa
Families and genera
Incomplete list of sub-families, tribes, genera and species:[3]
- Sub-family Orthacridinae or Ortacrinae
- Sub-family Pyrgomorphinae
- Tribe Atractomorphini
- Tribe Desmopterini
- Tribe Dictyophorini
- Genus Camoensia
- Genus Dictyophorus
- Genus Loveridgacris
- Genus Maura
- Genus Parapetasia
- Tribe Monistriini
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- 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
- Tribe Pyrgomorphini
- Sub-tribe Arbusculina
- Sub-tribe Geloiodina
- Sub-tribe Parasphenina
- Sub-tribe Pyrgomorphina
References
- ↑ http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9428
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- ↑ http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9428
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- ↑ 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pyrgomorphidae at Wikispecies- Pyrgomorphoidea at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Portal
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