Lithidiidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Lithidiidae
Dirsh, 1961[1]

The Lithidiidae are a family of grasshoppers, in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera.[2] Species in this family can be found in Africa.

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:

  • Eneremius Saussure, 1888
  • Lithidiopsis Dirsh, 1956
  • Lithidium Uvarov, 1925
  • Microtmethis Karny, 1910

References

  1. Dirsh, 1961 : A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, vol. 10, 351-419.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. Orthoptera Species File (31 March 2010)
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