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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Infraorder: | Acrididea |
Superfamily: | Tetrigoidea |
Family: | Tetrigidae |
Subfamily: | Lophotettiginae |
Genus: | Lophotettix Hancock, 1909 |
Lophotettix is a genus of South American groundhoppers or pygmy grasshopper. There are about five described species in Lophotettix. [1] [2]
Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers, pygmy devils or "grouse locusts".
These five species belong to the genus Lophotettix:
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