Arphia | |
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Arphia granulata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Oedipodinae |
Tribe: | Arphiini |
Genus: | Arphia Stål, 1873 [1] |
Arphia is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 11 described species in the genus Arphia. [1] [2] [3]
Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species primarily inhabit xeric weedy fields, and some are considered to be important locusts:
Tettigidea is a genus of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers in the tribe Batrachideini from the Americas. There are at least 40 described species in Tettigidea.
Trimerotropis is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 50 described species in Trimerotropis.
Arphia granulata is a species of grasshopper in the subfamily Oedipodinae, in the family Acrididae. The species is known generally as the "southern yellow-winged grasshopper". It is found in North America.
Trimerotropini is a tribe of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 70 described species in Trimerotropini: found in the western Americas.
Spharagemon is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 9 described species in Spharagemon.
Encoptolophus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 8 described species in Encoptolophus.
Pardalophora is a genus of Nearctic band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four living species in Pardalophora.
Paropomala is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Paropomala.
Circotettix is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 9 described species in Circotettix.
Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in North and South America. More than 60 genera and 260 described species are placed in the Romaleinae.
Xanthippus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about six described species in Xanthippus.
Cratypedes is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Cratypedes.
Arphia saussureana, the California red-winged grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Arphia behrensi, the California sulphur-winged grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in California along the Sierra Nevada, the San Francisco Bay Area, and north of the Bay Area.
Chimarocephala is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Chimarocephala.
Orphulella is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are more than 20 described species in Orphulella, all found in the Americas.
Leptysminae is a subfamily of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Leptysminae, found in North, Central, and South America.
Eritettix is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Eritettix.
Arphia simplex, the plains yellow-winged grasshopper, is a species of band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.