Pyrgomorphinae

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Pyrgomorphinae
Grasshopper (Taphronota calliparea) female.jpg
Taphronota calliparea, Uganda
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

The Pyrgomorphinae are a sub-family of grasshoppers (Orthoptera : Caelifera) in the family Pyrgomorphidae. Species are found in, especially the warmer parts of: Central and South America, southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands. The type genus is Pyrgomorpha and names dates from "Pyrgomorphiden" by Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874. The first use of Pyrgomorphinae was by Krauss in 1890.[1]

Tribes and genera[]

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]

Atractomorphini[]

Bolívar, 1905; Distribution: Africa, Asia, Australia

Atractomorpha lata
  • Genus Atractomorpha
  • Genus

Chlorizeinini[]

Kevan & Akbar, 1964; Distribution: Africa, Asia

  • Sub-tribe Chlorizeinina Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Chlorizeina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
    • Genus Kevan, 1969
    • Genus Uvarov, 1921
  • Sub-tribe Humpatellina Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Karsch, 1888
    • Genus Karsch, 1896
    • Genus Dirsh, 1963
  • Sub-tribe Marsabitacridina Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Kevan, 1957

Chrotogonini[]

Bolívar, 1904; Distribution: Africa, Asia

  • Genus Bolívar, 1884
  • Genus Chrotogonus Serville, 1838
  • Genus Kevan, 1952
  • Genus Uvarov, 1953
  • Genus Bolívar, 1904

Desmopterini[]

Bolívar, 1905; Distribution: W. Africa, Asia, Australia

  • Genus Rehn, 1951
  • Genus Bolívar, 1884
  • Genus Ramme, 1941
  • Genus Bolívar, 1898
  • Genus Willemse, 1922
  • Genus Kevan, 1963
  • Genus Willemse, 1961
  • Genus Ramme, 1941
  • Genus Kevan, 1963
  • Genus Blanchard, 1853

Dictyophorini[]

Kirby, 1902; Distribution: Africa

Mature and immature Dictyophorus spumans photographed in the Cedarberg in South Africa

Monistriini[]

Kevan & Akbar, 1964; Distribution: Australia

Omurini[]

Kevan, 1961; Distribution: South America

  • Genus Bolívar, 1905
  • Genus Walker, 1870
  • Genus Walker, 1870

Petasidini[]

Key, 1985; Distribution: Australia

Phymateini[]

Bolívar, 1884; Distribution: Africa (incl. Madagascar), China

Variegated grasshopper (Zonocerus variegatus) nymph, Ghana

Poekilocerini[]

Burmeister, 1840; Distribution: Africa, India, Indo-China, Malesia, PNG

Psednurini[]

Burr, 1904; Distribution: Australia

  • Genus
  • Genus
  • Genus

Pseudomorphacridini[]

Kevan & Akbar, 1964; Distribution: Indo-China

  • Genus Carl, 1916

Pyrgomorphini[]

Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874; Distribution: Southern Europe, Africa, W. Asia through to India

  • Sub-tribe Arbusculina
    • Genus Bolívar, 1905
  • Sub-tribe Geloiodina
    • Genus Chopard, 1958
  • Sub-tribe Parasphenina
    • Genus Kevan & Akbar, 1963
    • Genus Ramme, 1929
    • Genus Bolívar, 1884
    • Genus Kevan, 1956
    • Genus Kevan, 1956
    • Genus Uvarov, 1953
    • Genus Karsch, 1896
  • Sub-tribe Pyrgomorphina
Pyrgomorpha conica
    • Genus Bolívar, 1904
    • Genus Kevan, 1966
    • Genus Bolívar, 1904
    • Genus Bolívar, 1904
    • Genus Kevan, 1962
    • Genus † Kevan, 1964
    • Genus Stål, 1873
    • Genus Bolívar, 1904
    • Genus Uvarov, 1922
    • Genus Bolívar, 1904
    • Genus Kevan, 1962
    • Genus Kevan, 1961
    • Genus Pyrgomorpha Serville, 1838
    • Genus Bolívar, 1904
    • Genus Kevan & Hsiung, 1988
    • Genus Kevan & Akbar, 1963
    • Genus Kevan, 1962
    • Genus Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Tanita Bolívar, 1904
    • Genus Kevan, 1962
    • Genus Bolívar, 1904

Schulthessiini[]

Kevan & Akbar, 1964; Distribution: Madagascar

  • Genus Bolívar, 1905
  • Genus Bolívar, 1905

Sphenariini[]

Bolívar, 1884 - Central America, Africa, China

  • Sub-tribe Mekongianina Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Uvarov, 1940
    • Genus Kevan, 1966
    • Genus Uvarov, 1925
  • Sub-tribe Rubelliina Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Rubellia Stål, 1875
  • Sub-tribe Sphenariina Bolívar, 1884
    • Genus Perez-Gelabert, Dominici & Hierro, 1995
    • Genus Bolívar, 1884
    • Genus Sphenarium Charpentier, 1845
  • Sub-tribe Sphenexiina Kevan & Akbar, 1964
    • Genus Karsch, 1896
    • Genus Kevan, 1973

Tagastini[]

Bolívar, 1905; Distribution: SE Asia

  • Genus Annandalea Bolívar, 1905
  • Genus Tagasta Bolívar, 1905

Taphronotini[]

Bolívar, 1904; Distribution: Africa, India, Indo-China

Aularches miliaris
  • Genus Aularches Stål, 1873; monotypic: A. miliaris
  • Genus Stål, 1873

Tribe not assigned[]

All genera are monotypic:

  • : E. sagitta Mason, 1979
  • : M. monochroma Baccetti, 1985
  • : P. zhongdianensis Huang, 1990
  • : X. tunstalli Kevan, 1982

References[]

  1. ^ Krauss (1890) Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 40:271
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 8 April 2018)
  3. ^ a b c "Orthoptera (Grasshoppers & Locusts)". anic.ento.csiro.au. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  4. ^ "2. Petasida ephippigera White".
  5. ^ "3. Scutillya verrucosa Sjöstedt".

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