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Pezotettiginae

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Subfamily of grasshoppers

Pezotettiginae
Pezotettix giornae, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Pezotettiginae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms
  • Pegotettix Dodge, 1876
  • Pelecycleis Fieber, 1853
  • Pelecyclus Fieber, 1853
  • Pezotettis Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
  • Platyphyma Fischer, 1853

Pezotettiginae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, found in southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Mediterranean region. There are about 10 described species in Pezotettiginae.

Genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Pezotettiginae:

  1. Pezotettix Burmeister, 1840
  2. Sphenophyma Uvarov, 1934 - monotypic S. rugulosa (Stål, 1876)

References

  1. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33): 144 - "Pezotettiges".
  2. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Pezotettiginae
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