Pezotettiginae

Pezotettiginae
Pezotettix giornae, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Acridoidea
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Synonyms
Pegotettix Dodge, 1876 Pelecycleis Fieber, 1853 Pelecyclus Fieber, 1853 Pezotettis Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881 Platyphyma Fischer, 1853

Pezotettiginae ^[1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, found in southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Mediterranean region. There are about 10 described species in Pezotettiginae. ^[2]

Genera

These genera belong to the subfamily Pezotettiginae:

1. Pezotettix Burmeister, 1840
2. Sphenophyma Uvarov, 1934 - monotypic S. rugulosa (Stål, 1876)

References

1. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893) Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33): 144 - "Pezotettiges".
2. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN   978-1-889002-04-0. Archived from the original on 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2019-10-15.