Pezotettix

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Pezotettix
Acrididae - Pezotettix giornae-4.JPG
Pezotettix giornae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Pezotettiginae
Genus: Pezotettix
Burmeister, 1840
Synonyms
  • Pegotettix Dodge, 1876
  • Pelecycleis Fieber, 1853
  • Pelecyclus Fieber, 1853
  • Pezotettis Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
  • Platyphyma Fischer, 1853

Pezotettix[1] is a genus of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Pezotettiginae[2] (similar to and previously placed in the Catantopinae[3]).

Distribution[]

The species belonging to this genus are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.[4]

Species[]

Species within this genus include:[2]

  • Uvarov, 1934
  • Dirsh, 1949
  • Uvarov, 1934
  • Dirsh, 1949
  • Pezotettix giornae Rossi, 1794 - type species (as Gryllus giornae Rossi)
  • Uvarov, 1934
  • Jannone, 1936
  • Stål, 1876
  • Massa & Fontana, 1998

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