Pezotettiginae
| Pezotettiginae | |
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| Pezotettix giornae, France | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
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Pezotettiginae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, found in southern Europe, northern Africa, and the Mediterranean region. There are at least 2 genera and about 10 described species in Pezotettiginae.[1]
Genera
These two genera belong to the subfamily Pezotettiginae:
- Pezotettix Burmeister, 1840
- Sphenophyma Uvarov, 1934 - monotypic S. rugulosa (Stål, 1876)
References
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Pezotettiginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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.