Apalacris

Apalacris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Catantopinae
Genus:	Apalacris; Walker, 1870

Last updated October 29, 2019

Apalacris^[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and subfamily Catantopinae.^[2] The recorded distribution of species includes: India, Indo-China and Malesia.^[2]

The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.

The subfamily Catantopinae is a group of insects classified under family Acrididae. Genera such as Macrotona may sometimes called "spur-throated grasshoppers", but that name is also used for grasshoppers from other subfamilies, including the genus Melanoplus from the Melanoplinae. Indeed, the delimitation of these two subfamilies needs restudy: the Podismini for example are sometimes placed here, sometimes in the Melanoplinae.

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:^[3]

Apalacris annulipes Bolívar, 1890
Apalacris antennata Liang, 1988
Apalacris celebensis Willemse, 1936
Apalacris cingulatipes Bolívar, 1898
Apalacris contracta Walker, 1870
Apalacris cyanoptera Stål, 1877
Apalacris dupanglingensis Zheng & Fu, 2005
Apalacris eminifronta Niu & Zheng, 2016
Apalacris gracilis Willemse, 1936
Apalacris incompleta Willemse, 1936
Apalacris maculifemura (Lin & Zheng, 2014)
Apalacris monticola Miller, 1932
Apalacris nigrogeniculata Bi, 1984
Apalacris pendleburyi Miller, 1932
Apalacris splendens Willemse, 1930
Apalacris tonkinensis Ramme, 1941
Apalacris varicornis Walker, 1870 - type species (India, Indo-China)
Apalacris viridis Huang & Xia, 1985
Apalacris xizangensis Bi, 1984

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References

↑ Walker F (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4: 641.
1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 November 2018)
↑ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

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[1] Walker F (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4: 641.

[osf-2] 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 November 2018)

[COL-3] Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 November 2018.