Morsea

Morsea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Eumastacidae
Subfamily:	Morseinae
Genus:	Morsea Scudder, 1898

Morsea is a genus of monkey grasshoppers in the family Eumastacidae. There are about seven described species in Morsea. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Morsea: ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Morsea californica Scudder, 1898 (chaparral monkey grasshopper)
• Morsea catalinae Rentz & Weissman, 1981 (Catalina monkey grasshopper)
• Morsea dumicola Rehn & Hebard, 1918 (yavapai monkey grasshopper)
• Morsea islandica Rentz & Weissman, 1981 (island monkey grasshopper)
• Morsea kaibabensis Rehn & Grant, 1958 (kaibab monkey grasshopper)
• Morsea piute Rehn & Grant, 1958 (piute monkey grasshopper)
• Morsea tamalpaisensis Rehn & Hebard, 1909 (tamalpais monkey grasshopper)

References

1. "Morsea Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
2. "Morsea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
3. "Morsea Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
4. "Browse Morsea". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
5. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online" . Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States . Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN   1-889002-04-6.{{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)

External links

• pictures at iNaturalist
• Data related to Morseini at Wikispecies