Hippiscus

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Hippiscus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Hippiscini
Genus: Hippiscus
Saussure, 1861
Species:
H. ocelote
Binomial name
Hippiscus ocelote
(Saussure, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Hippiscus citrinusScudder SH, 1901
  • Hippiscus compactusScudder SH, 1892
  • Hippiscus immaculatusMorse, 1906
  • Oedipoda rugosaScudder SH, 1862 [1]
  • Oedipoda ocelote Saussure, 1861 [2]
  • Hippiscus suturalisScudder SH, 1892
  • Hippiscus transtrigata(Walker F, 1870) [3]
  • Hippiscus variegatusScudder SH, 1892 [4]

Hippiscus [2] is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is only one described species in the genus, Hippiscus ocelote from North America. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Scudder SH (1862) Materials for a monograph of the North American Orthoptera including a catalogue of the known New England species. Jour. Nat. Hist. Boston 7(3):409-480
  2. 1 2 Saussure H (1861) Orthoptera Nova Americana (Diagnoses Praeliminaires). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (Revue et Magasin de Zoologie) 2(13): 126-130, 156-164, 313-324, 397-402
  3. ↑ Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):674 pp.
  4. ↑ Scudder SH (1892) The Orthopteran genus Hippiscus. Psyche, A Journal of Entomology (Psyche) 6:265-274, 285-288, 301-305, 317-320, 333-336, 347-350, 359-363
  5. ↑ "Hippiscus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  6. ↑ "Browse Hippiscus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  7. ↑ "Hippiscus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  8. ↑ "Hippiscus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  9. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online" . Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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