Proscopiinae
Appearance
Proscopiinae | |
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Proscopia sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Infraorder: | Acrididea |
Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
Superfamily: | Proscopioidea |
Family: | Proscopiidae |
Subfamily: | Proscopiinae Serville, 1838 |
Tribes & Genera | |
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Proscopiinae[1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species,[2] found in South America.[3]
Tribes and genera
Two tribes have been identified, with the following genera assigned to the subfamily Proscopiinae:[3]
Proscopiini
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- Albascopia Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015
- Apioscelis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Carbonellis Bentos-Pereira, 2006
- Milenascopia Queiroz & Rafael, 2019
- Paraproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
- Prosarthria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Proscopia Klug, 1820
- Pseudoproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
Tetanorhynchini
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- Cephalocoema Serville, 1838
- Mariascopia Bentos-Pereira, 2003
- Orienscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2000
- Pseudastroma Jago, 1990
- Scleratoscopia Jago, 1990
- Tetanorhynchus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Wattenwylscopia Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015
Tribe not determined
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- Anchocoema Mello-Leitão, 1939
- Anchotatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Astromoides Tapia, 1981
- Callangania Liana, 1980
- Carphoproscopia Jago, 1990
- Corynorhynchus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Epigrypa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Microcoema Jago, 1990
- Pseudoanchotatus Liana, 1980
- Stiphra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
References
- ^ Serville JGA (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 565, 570.
- ^ "Proscopiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2022). "subfamily Proscopiinae Serville, 1838". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
Further reading
- Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.