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Rhytidochrotinae
Rhytidochrotinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers from the family Acrididae with 20 genera and 47 species. This group is found from southern Central America to northern South America (Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ... to Brazil) with most species distributed in montane forests. The highest concentration of species are found on the Pacific coast and in the Cordillera Occidental (Colombia), West Andes of Colombia with 11 genera and 23 species registered. Many are brightly colored in reds, especially males, and most species are aptery, apterous (without wings). "Rhytido" is derived from the Greek word ''rhytis'', which means "wrinkle". Genera *''Brakeracris varablancensis'' Rowell, 1995: 1 species; Costa Rica *''Chiriquacris quadrimaculata'' Rowell & Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympanal organ, tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment. Subfamilies The ''Orthoptera Species File'' (September 2021) lists the following subfamilies of Acrididae. The numbers of genera and species are approximate and may change over time. # Acridinae MacLeay, 1821 (140 genera, 470 species), Worldwide: temperate and tropical # Calliptaminae Jacobson, 1905 (12 genera, 90 species), Africa, Europe, Asia # Caryandinae Yin & Liu, 1987 (3 genera, 100 species), Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opaon
''Opaon'' is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in ''Opaon'', found in South America. Species These species belong to the genus ''Opaon'': * ''Opaon eckhardtae'' Günther, 1940 * ''Opaon filicornis'' Descamps, 1973 * ''Opaon granulosus'' Kirby, 1902 * ''Opaon varicolor'' (Stål, 1878) References External links * Acrididae {{acrididae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galidacris
''Galidacris'' is a genus of grasshoppers belonging to the family Acrididae. They are found in South America within Colombia and Ecuador. Behavior The males of the genus have been recorded approaching a female, moving their hind legs (knee-waving) and antennae (twitch-back) silently. The reasoning behind this requires further study. This behavior is a mark of convergent evolution Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time. Convergent evolution creates analogous structures that have similar form or function but were not present in the last com ... as members in more distantly related grasshoppers share this behavior, while other closer genera do not. Species * '' Galidacris agilis'' (Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972) * '' Galidacris cordillerae'' (Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972) * '' Galidacris eckardtae'' (Günther, 1940) * '' Galidacris variabilis'' (Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
