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Eucriotettix Indicus
''Eucriotettix''Hebard (1930 [1929]) ''Revue Suisse de Zool.'' 36: 573. is a genus of Tetrigidae, ground-hoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the tribe Thoradontini. Species have been recorded from tropical Asia: India, Indochina, through to New Guinea. Species The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes: #''Eucriotettix aequalis'' #''Eucriotettix amplifemurus'' #''Eucriotettix anisyutkini'' #''Eucriotettix annandalei'' #''Eucriotettix aptus'' #''Eucriotettix bolotettigiellus'' #''Eucriotettix brachynotus'' #''Eucriotettix curvinotus'' #''Eucriotettix dammermanni'' #''Eucriotettix dyscheres'' #''Eucriotettix edithae'' #''Eucriotettix exsertus'' #''Eucriotettix flavopictus'' #''Eucriotettix grandis'' #''Eucriotettix guipingensis'' #''Eucriotettix hainanensis'' #''Eucriotettix indicus'' #''Eucriotettix interrupta'' #''Eucriotettix longipennis'' #''Eucriotettix maculatus'' #''Eucriotettix magnus'' #''Eucriotettix molestus'' #''Eucriotettix montanus'' #''Eucriotet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetrigidae
Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers,Borror DJ, Tripplehorn CA, Johnson NF (1989) An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 6th edition. Harcourt Brace College Publishers. New York. pg 213 pygmy devils or (mostly historical) "grouse locusts".Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 886 pp. Diagnostic characteristics Tetrigidae are typically less than in length and are recognizable by a long pronotum. This pronotum extends over the length of the abdomen, sometimes to the tip of the wings, and ends in a point. In other Orthoptera, the pronotum is short and covers neither the abdomen nor the wings. Tetrigidae are generally cryptic in coloration. Some species have enlarged pronota that mimic leaves, stones or twigs. Other characterist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
