Macrotona

Macrotona
Macrotona australis, female laying eggs
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Catantopinae
Tribe: Catantopini
Genus: Macrotona
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

Macrotona is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and tribe Catantopini. It includes eight described species and around 35 undescribed species. They are often found in association with spinifex.

Species

List of Orthoptera Species File:

References

  1. 1 2 "genus Macrotona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. 1 2 David C. Rentz (1996). "Key to Australian subfamilies". Grasshopper Country: the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. University of New South Wales Press. pp. 173–193. ISBN 978-0-86840-063-1.