''Tripetalocera'' is a genus of Asian

groundhopper Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers,Borror DJ, Trippl ...

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Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – gras ...

Caelifera The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers ( Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets ( Tridactyloidea). ...

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Tripetalocerinae TripetalocerinaeBolívar I (1887) ''Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique'' 31: 175-313, pl. 4-5. is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are at least two genera and two described species, found in India, China, Indo-China and Malesia. ...

Bolívar, 1887;Orthoptera Species File ''Tripetalocera'' Westwood, 1834
(retrieved 29 August 2024) the genus was described in 1834 by

John Obadiah Westwood John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English people , English entomologist and archaeologist noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first ...

.Westwood JO (1834) Insectorum Arachnoidumque novorum Decades duo. ''Zool. Jour. '', 5, 440–453, pl.22, Fig. 3
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Species

''Tripetalocera'' is now considered

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

with ''Tripetalocera ferruginea'' the type species. To date, it has a discontinuous known distribution in western India and

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...

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{{taxonbar, from1=Q10704422, from2=Q10704423 Tetrigidae Caelifera genera Monotypic Orthoptera genera Taxa described in 1834 Taxa named by John O. Westwood