Phaedrotettix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Tribe: | Melanoplini |
Genus: | Phaedrotettix Scudder, 1897 |
Phaedrotettix is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 4 described species in Phaedrotettix. [1] [2] [3]
The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.
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Phaedrotettix concinnus is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.
Phaedrotettix dumicola is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Hypsalonia is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 6 described species in Hypsalonia.
Eotettix is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 6 described species in Eotettix.
Gymnoscirtetes is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 2 described species in Gymnoscirtetes.
Melanoplini is a tribe of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 19 genera and more than 200 described species in Melanoplini, all in North America. Their biogeography shows that many species in the tribe have descendants from the Eocene epoch and Miocene epoch.
Phaedrotettix palmeri is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae.
Melanoplus complanatipes, the western sagebrush grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Hesperotettix is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 9 described species in Hesperotettix.
Spharagemon is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 10 described species in Spharagemon.
Oedaleonotus is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about nine described species in Oedaleonotus.
Pardalophora is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Pardalophora.
Aeoloplides is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about nine described species in Aeoloplides.
Paroxya is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about eight described species in Paroxya.
Eritettix is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Eritettix.
Campylacantha olivacea, known generally as the fuzzy olive-green grasshopper or olive grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Conalcaea is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least three described species in Conalcaea.
Melanoplus cinereus, the grayish sagebrush grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Melanoplus punctulatus, known generally as the pine tree spur-throat grasshopper or grizzly spur-throat grasshopper, is a species of spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in North America.
Bradynotes is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is at least one described species in Bradynotes, B. obesa, also known as the "slow mountain grasshopper" and "mountain lubber grasshopper". It is found in North America, in the western United States and northwestern Mexico.
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