Batrachideinae

Batrachideinae
Tettigidea armata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Subfamily: Batrachideinae
Bolívar, 1887
Synonyms
  • Batrachideae, Batrachideidae, Batrachididae, Batrachidiini, Batrachidinae, Batrachinae, Bolívar, 1887
  • Bufonidae, Bufonidinae, Hancock, 1907
  • Cassitettiginae, Cassitettinae, Cassitettinini, Yin, 1984

Batrachideinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are thought to be 20 genera in Batrachideinae, with genera found in the Americas, Africa, (mostly tropical) Asia and Australia.

Tettigidea lateralis

Description

Groudhoppers in this subfamily are characterised by having antennae consisting of 18-22 segments (other Tetrigidae have less than 16).

Genera

About 25 genera in three tribes belong to the subfamily Batrachideinae:

Batrachideini

Auth. Bolívar, 1887 - Americas

Bufonidini

Auth. Hancock, 1907 - Australasia

Cassitettigini

Auth. Yin, 1984 - Africa, tropical Asia

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

  1. 1 2 Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. ↑ Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. (2013-10-03). "Review of the subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)". Zootaxa. 3718 (2): 158–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26258216.
  3. ↑ "Batrachideinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  5. ↑ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  6. ↑ "Batrachideinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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