Xeniinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Proscopioidea
Family: Proscopiidae
Subfamily: Xeniinae
Liana, 1980

Xeniinae[1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. Xeniinae has 3 genera, 2 extant and 1 extinct, and about 16 described species,[2] found in South America.[3]

Genera

These three genera belong to the subfamily Xeniinae:

  • Altograciosa - monotypic A. mirabilis Liana, 1980
  • Astroma Charpentier, 1845
  • Xenium - monotypic X. saburrae Liana, 1980

References

  1. Liana (1980) Mitt. Hamburg. zool. Mus. Inst. 77: 230.
  2. "Xeniinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Xeniinae Liana, 1980". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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