Eritettix

Eritettix is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Eritettix.[1][2][3][4]

Eritettix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Tribe: Eritettigini
Genus: Eritettix
Bruner, 1890

Species

These four species belong to the genus Eritettix:

  • Eritettix abortivus Bruner, 1890 (Texas short-winged slant-face grasshopper)
  • Eritettix carinatus (Scudder, 1902)
  • Eritettix obscurus (Scudder, 1878) (obscure grasshopper)
  • Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869) (velvet-striped grasshopper) - type species (as Eritettix variabilis Bruner)

References
  1. "Eritettix Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Eritettix". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Eritettix Bruner, 1890". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading
  • Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.
  • Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
  • 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.


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