Russalpia

Russalpia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Tribe:	Catantopini
Genus:	Russalpia; (Sjöstedt, 1921)

Russalpia is a genus of grasshoppers endemic to Tasmania in the tribe Catantopini f. The scientific name of this genus was first published in 1921 by Sjöstedt.

Species

The genus Russalpia includes the following species:

Russalpia albertisi Bolívar, 1898
Russalpia longifurca Key, 1991

The two species can only be reliably separated by the male genitalia.[2]

G. albertisi has no furcula or a short blunt furcula.[2]

G. longifurca has a furcula the arms rather long, slender, sharp [2]

References

↑ Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org[Accessed April 15, 2013]

2 Key, K.H.L, 1991 On Four Endemic Genera of Tasmanian Acrididae (Orthoptera) Invertebr. Taxon., 1991, 5, 241-88

[1] Eades, D.C.; D. Otte; M.M. Cigliano & H. Braun. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org[Accessed April 15, 2013]