Scaria (grasshopper)

Scaria
Scaria hamata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Tetrigidae
Tribe:	Batrachideini
Genus:	Scaria Bolívar, 1887

Scaria is a genus of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers in the tribe Batrachideini from South America. ^[1] There are about eight described species in Scaria. ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Species

Eight named, and one nameless species belong to the genus Scaria:

• Scaria bolivianaBruner, L., 1920 ^{c g}
• Scaria brevisHancock, J.L., 1909 ^{c g}
• Scaria fasciataHancock, J.L., 1907 ^{c g}
• Scaria ferrugineaHancock, J.L., 1909 ^{c g}
• Scaria hamata(De Geer, 1773) ^{c g}
• Scaria lineataBolívar, I., 1887 ^{c g}
• Scaria maculataGiglio-Tos, 1898 ^{c g}
• Scaria productaHancock, J.L., 1907 ^{c g}
• "the nameless Scaria" ^[4]

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[5] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net

References

1. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online" . Retrieved 2018-05-25.
2. "Browse Scaria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
3. "Scaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
4. Kasalo, Niko; Deranja, Maks; Adžić, Karmela; Sindaco, Roberto; Skejo, Josip (2021-12-14). "Discovering insect species based on photographs only: The case of a nameless species of the genus Scaria (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)". Journal of Orthoptera Research. 30 (2): 173–184. doi: 10.3897/jor.30.65885 . ISSN   1937-2426. S2CID   245190449.
5. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-05-25.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). 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.