Macrotona

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Macrotona
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Macrotona australis , female laying eggs
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Tribe: Catantopini
Genus: Macrotona
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Macrotona [1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and tribe Catantopini. It includes eight described species and around 35 undescribed species. [2] They are often found in association with spinifex. [2]

Species

List of Orthoptera Species File: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "genus Macrotona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. 1 2 David C. Rentz (1996). "Key to Australian subfamilies". Grasshopper Country: the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. University of New South Wales Press. pp. 173–193. ISBN   978-0-86840-063-1.