''Kosciuscola''
[Sjöstedt BY (1934) ''Ark. Zool. A'' 26(9): 6.] is a genus of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grassh ...
in the subfamily
Oxyinae
Oxyinae is subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Species are distributed throughout Africa (including Madagascar) and Australasia.
Tribes and Genera
According to the Orthoptera Species File there are two clearly defined tribes, O ...
(tribe
Praxibulini). They are found in Australia.
[Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 30 January 2018)]
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Species
Species include:[
*'']Kosciuscola cognatus
''Kosciuscola''Sjöstedt BY (1934) ''Ark. Zool. A'' 26(9): 6. is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oxyinae (tribe Praxibulini). They are found in Australia.
Species
Species include:
*'' Kosciuscola cognatus'' Rehn, 1957
*'' Kosciuscola c ...
'' Rehn, 1957
*'' Kosciuscola cuneatus'' Rehn, 1957
*'' Kosciuscola tasmanicus'' Rehn, 1957
*''Kosciuscola tristis
''Kosciuscola tristis'', known generally as the chameleon skyhopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the ent ...
'' Sjöstedt, 1934 - type species (''K. tristis tristis'' of 2 subsp.)
*'' Kosciuscola usitatus'' Rehn, 1957
Gallery
Fighting between male Kosciuscola tristis grasshoppers - pone.0049600.s001.ogv, ''Kosciuscola tristis
''Kosciuscola tristis'', known generally as the chameleon skyhopper, is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae
Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the ent ...
'': fighting between males
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