Melanoplinae
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| Melanoplinae | |
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| Adult male of Parapodisma tanzawaensis from the Podismini | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Melanoplinae Scudder, 1897 |
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The Melanoplinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers, from the family Acrididae. The type genus Melanoplus from the tribe Melanoplini contains many species common in North America. Though other genera are usually less well-known, the subfamily is widespread, occurring for example almost anywhere in the Holarctic.
[edit] Tribes and selected genera
- Conalcaeini
- Dactylotini
- Dichroplini
- Jivarini
- Melanoplini
- Podismini (sometimes in Catantopinae)
- Prumnini
- incertae sedis
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