Pezotettiginae

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]

Pezotettiginae
Pezotettix giornae, France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.
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