Copiocerinae is a subfamily of
short-horned grasshoppers in the family
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 bec ...
. There are at least 20 genera in Copiocerinae, found in southern North America, Central America, and South America.
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Tribes and Genera
There are three tribes in Copiocerinae:
Aleuasini
Auth: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
# ''Aleuas Aleuas or Alevas ( el, Ἀλεύας) can refer to more than one person from ancient Greek myth and history:
*Aleuas, the mythical king and seer of Thessaly who was the eponymous ancestor of the noble Aleuadae family of Larissa. ''See: Aleuadae.'' ...
'' Stål, 1878 c g
# '' Zygoclistron'' Rehn, 1905 c g
Clematodini
Auth: Rehn & Eades, 1961
# '' Apoxitettix'' Descamps, 1984 c g
# '' Bucephalacris'' Giglio-Tos, 1894 c g
# '' Clematodes'' Scudder, 1900 i c g b
# '' Dellia'' Stål, 1878 c g
Copiocerini
Copiocerinae is a subfamily of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Copiocerinae, found in southern North America, Central America, and South America.
Tribes and Genera
There are three tribes in Copi ...
Auth: Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
# '' Adimantus'' Stål, 1878 c g
# '' Antiphon'' Stål, 1878 c g
# '' Caenacris'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 c g
# '' Chlorohippus'' Bruner, 1911 c g
# '' Contacris'' Amédégnato & Descamps, 1979 c g
# '' Copiocera'' Burmeister, 1838 c g
# '' Copiocerina'' Descamps, 1978 c g
# '' Copiotettix'' Descamps, 1984 c g
# '' Cyphacris'' Gerstaecker, 1889 c g
# '' Episcopotettix'' Rehn, 1903 c g
# '' Eumecacris'' Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 c g
# '' Hippacris'' Scudder, 1875 c g
# ''Monachidium
''Monachidium'' is a genus of grasshoppers belonging to the family Acrididae.
Species
The monotypic genus
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species i ...
'' Serville, 1831 c g
# '' Oncolopha'' Stål, 1873 c g
# '' Opshomala'' Serville, 1831 c g
# '' Sinop'' Descamps, 1984
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
Further reading
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Acrididae
Orthoptera subfamilies