Morabidae

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Morabidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
Family: Morabidae
Rehn, 1948

Morabidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are more than 40 genera and 120 described species in Morabidae, found in Australasia. [1] [2] [3]

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Genera

These 42 genera belong to the family Morabidae:

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References

  1. "Morabidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  2. "Morabidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Further reading