
Thrinchinae is a subfamily of
grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
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, with genus found in
Africa
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,
Europe
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and
Asia
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.
[Kirby WF (1910) ''A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae)'' 3(2):281.]
Genera
The following genera are recognised in two
tribes
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of the subfamily Thrinchinae:
Haplotropidini
Authority: Sergeev, 1995; distribution: NE Asia
# '' Haplotropis''
# '' Humphaplotropis''
# '' Sinohaplotropis''
# '' Sulcohumpacris''
Thrinchini
Authority: Stål, 1876; distribution: Africa, mainland Europe, central Asia through to Japan
# '' Asiotmethis''
# '' Atrichotmethis''
# '' Beybienkia''
# '' Dhofaria''
# '' Eoeotmethis''
# '' Eotmethis''
# '' Eremocharis''
# '' Eremopeza''
# '' Eremotmethis''
# '' Filchnerella''
# '' Glyphanus''
# '' Glyphotmethis''
# ''Iranotmethis
''Iranotmethis'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Thrinchinae, with species found in Iran.Uvarov. 1943. ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London'' 93(1):45.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Iranotmethis'':
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# '' Melanotmethis''
# '' Mongolotmethis''
# '' Pezotmethis''
# ''Prionotropis
''Prionotropis'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pamphagidae. Most described species of ''Prionotropis'' are found in southern Europe.
Species
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' includes:
# ''Prionotropis ancosae'' Olmo-Vidal, 2017
# ''Pr ...
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# '' Rhinotmethis''
# '' Strumiger''
# '' Thrinchus''
# '' Tmethis''
# '' Tuarega''
# '' Utubius''
References
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Pamphagidae
Orthoptera subfamilies