Episactidae | |
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Monkey hopper, Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Eumastacoidea |
Family: | Episactidae Burr, 1899 |
Episactidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are about 19 genera and more than 60 described species in Episactidae, found in Central and South America, China, and Madagascar.[1][2][3]
Genera
These 19 genera belong to the family Episactidae:
- Acronomastax Descamps, 1965
- Antillacris Rehn & Rehn, 1939
- Episactus Burr, 1899
- Espagnola Rehn & Rehn, 1939
- Espagnoleta Perez-Gelabert, 2000
- Espagnolopsis Perez-Gelabert, Hierro & Otte, 1997
- Gymnotettix Bruner, 1901
- Heteromastax Descamps, 1965
- Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934
- Malagassa Saussure, 1903
- Neibamastax Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
- Paralethus Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
- Pielomastax Chang, 1937
- Rhabdomastax Descamps, 1969
- Seyrigella Chopard, 1951
- Tainacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997
- Teicophrys Bruner, 1901
- † Miraculum Bolívar, 1903
- † Paleomastacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997
References
- ↑ "Episactidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ↑ "Episactidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
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 1-889002-04-6.
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