Fer (insect)

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Genus:Fer
Bolívar, 1918

Fer [1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species can be found in southern China and Vietnam. [2]

Catantopinae Subfamily of grasshoppers

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.

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily. It is sometimes subdivided into subtribes. By convention, all taxonomic ranks above genus are capitalized, including both tribe and subtribe.

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File [2] lists:

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<i>Traulia</i> Genus of grasshoppers

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Bettotania is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species can be found in Indo-China and Borneo.

Choroedocus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species can be found in South Africa, India and Indo-China.

Sinstauchira is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species can be found in southern China and Vietnam.

Criotettix is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers in the subfamily Scelimeninae and the tribe Criotettigini.

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References

  1. ↑ Bolívar I (1918) Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.) 34:8, 17 (available at www.biodiversitylibrary.org)
  2. 1 2 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 6 August 2019)
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