''Machaeridia ''
[Stål C (1873) ''Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg'' 1: 90,100.] is a genus of African
grasshopper
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 ...
s in the subfamily
Acridinae
The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers, belong of the large Family (biology), family Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.
Description
In appearance, the species are often similar to those of the ...
and tribe
Pargaini.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:
# ''
Machaeridia bilineata''
Stål, 1873 - type species
# ''
Machaeridia conspersa''
Bolívar, 1889
References
External links
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Acrididae genera
Acridinae
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