Batrachideinae

Subfamily of grasshoppers

Batrachideinae
Tettigidea armata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.[1]

Tettigidea lateralis

Genera

About 25 genera in three tribes belong to the subfamily Batrachideinae:[1]

Batrachideini

Auth. Bolívar, 1887 - Americas

  • Batrachidea Serville, 1838 c g
  • Cranotettix Grant, 1955 c g
  • Danatettix Thomas, Skejo & Heads, 2019
  • Eutettigidea Hancock, 1914 c g
  • Halmatettix Hancock, 1909 c g
  • Lophoscirtus Bruner, 1910 c g
  • Paurotarsus Hancock, 1900 c g
  • Paxilla Bolívar, 1887 i c g
  • Plectronotus Morse, 1900 c g
  • Puiggaria Bolívar, 1887 c g
  • Rehnidium Grant, 1956 c g
  • Scaria Bolívar, 1887 c g
  • Tettigidea Scudder, 1862 i c g b

Bufonidini

Auth. Hancock, 1907 - Australasia

  • Anaselina Storozhenko, 2019
  • Bufonides Bolívar, 1898 c g
  • Hyperyboella Günther, 1938
  • Paraselina Storozhenko, 2019
  • Selivinga Storozhenko, 2019
  • Vilma Steinmann, 1973 c g
  • Vingselina Sjöstedt, 1921 c g

Cassitettigini

Auth. Yin, 1984 - Africa, tropical Asia

  • Ascetotettix Grant, 1956 c g
  • Palaioscaria Günther, 1936 c g
  • Phloeonotus Bolívar, 1887 c g
  • Saussurella Bolívar, 1887 c g
  • Wiemersiella Tumbrinck, 2014 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. ^ "Batrachideinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  3. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  4. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  5. ^ "Batrachideinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

Further reading

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Media related to Batrachideinae at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Batrachideinae
  • Wikidata: Q21224552
  • Wikispecies: Batrachideinae
  • AFD: Batrachideinae
  • BugGuide: 199281
  • CoL: 8NKSF
  • iNaturalist: 473971
  • ITIS: 650535
  • NCBI: 1636918
  • Orthoptera Species File (old): 1100428
  • Paleobiology Database: 301102