Abila (grasshopper)

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Abila
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Romaleidae
Subfamily: Romaleinae
Genus: Abila
Stål, 1878
Synonyms [1]

HomalosaparusRehn, 1908

Abila is a genus of lubber grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Abila. [1] [2] They occur in South America. [1]

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Species

These four species belong to the genus Abila: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Abila Stål, 1878". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Abila". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

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