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Morabinae
Micromeeka minuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Morabidae
Subfamily:	Morabinae Rehn, 1948

Morabinae, also known as matchstick grasshoppers, is a subfamily of grasshoppers that are wholly endemic to Australia. Around 240 species of the subfamily Morabinae are known to exist.

Genera

The following 41 genera are recognised in the subfamily Morabinae:

Tribe Callitalini

• Bundinja Key, 1976
• Callita Key, 1976
• Callitala Sjöstedt, 1921
• Carnarvonella Key, 1976
• Furculifera Key, 1976
• Malleolopha Key, 1976
• Micromeeka Key, 1976
• Moritala Key, 1976
• Prorifera Key, 1976
• Sicula Key, 1976

Tribe Capsigerini

• Aliena Key, 1976
• Amangu Key, 1976
• Aruntina Key, 1976
• Capsigera Key, 1976
• Crois Key, 1976
• Namatjira Key, 1976
• Proscopiomima Key, 1976
• Swanea Key, 1976

Tribe Keyacridini

• Achuraba Key, 1976
• Achurimima Key, 1976
• Alatiplica Key, 1976
• Baruca Key, 1976
• Chinnicka Key, 1976
• Flindersella Key, 1976
• Heide Key, 1976
• Keyacris Rehn, 1952
• Vandiemenella Key, 1976
• Whiteacris Key, 1976

Tribe Morabini

• Drysdalopila Key, 1977
• Filoraba Key, 1976
• Moraba Walker, 1870
• Spectriforma Key, 1976

Tribe Warramungini

• Callimunga Key, 1976
• Culmacris Key, 1976
• Geckomima Key, 1976
• Georgina Key, 1976
• Hastella Key, 1976
• Nanihospita Key, 1976
• Stiletta Key, 1976
• Warramaba Key, 1976
• Warramunga Rehn, 1952

References

1. Key, K. H. L. "Speciation in the Australian Morabine Grasshoppers — taxonomy and ecology". Genetic Mechanisms of Speciation in Insects: Symposia held at the XIVth International Congress of Entomology, Canberra, Australia August 22–30, 1972, sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Entomological Society, 1974: 43–56. doi:10.1007/978-94-010-2248-4_3.
2. "subfamily Morabinae Rehn, 1948: Orthoptera Species File". orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2024-10-26.

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