Machaeridia (insect)

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Machaeridia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Acridinae
Genus: Machaeridia
Stål, 1873
Synonyms
  • Wilverthia Bolívar, 1908
  • Wilwerthia Uvarov, 1938

Machaeridia [1] is a genus of African grasshoppers in the subfamily Acridinae and tribe Pargaini.

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Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:

  1. Machaeridia bilineata Stål, 1873 - type species
  2. Machaeridia conspersa Bolívar, 1889

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References

  1. Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 90,100.