Proscopiidae
Appearance
Proscopiidae | |
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Horsehead grasshopper (Pseudoproscopia scabra), Tambopata National Reserve, Peru | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Proscopioidea |
Family: | Proscopiidae Serville, 1838 |
Synonyms | |
Proscopides |
Proscopiidae[1] is a family of Neotropical grasshoppers, now placed in its own superfamily, the Proscopioidea.[2] Some species may be known as stick grasshoppers or jumping sticks.
Taxonomy
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following subfamilies, tribes and genera:[2]
Auth: Liana, 1980
Auth: Serville, 1838
- Tribe Proscopiini Serville, 1838
- Genus Apioscelis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Genus Carbonellis Bentos-Pereira, 2006
- Genus Paraproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
- Genus Prosarthria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Genus Proscopia Klug, 1820
- Genus Pseudoproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
- Tribe Tetanorhynchini Bentos-Pereira, 2003
- Genus Cephalocoema Serville, 1838
- Genus Mariascopia Bentos-Pereira, 2003
- Genus Orienscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2000
- Genus Pseudastroma Jago, 1990
- Genus Scleratoscopia Jago, 1990
- Genus Tetanorhynchus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Tribe not determined
- Genus Anchocoema Mello-Leitão, 1939
- Genus Anchotatus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Genus Astromoides Tapia, 1981
- Genus Callangania Liana, 1980
- Genus Carphoproscopia Jago, 1990
- Genus Corynorhynchus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Genus Epigrypa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
- Genus Microcoema Jago, 1990
- Genus Pseudoanchotatus Liana, 1980
- Genus Stiphra Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
Auth: Liana, 1980
- Genus Altograciosa Liana, 1980
- Genus Astroma Charpentier, 1841
- Genus Xenium Liana, 1980
- Genus Bazylukia Liana, 1972
- Genus Bolidorhynchus Jago, 1990
- Genus Eoproscopia† Heads, 2008
- Genus Epsigrypa Mello-Leitão, 1939
- Genus Nodutus Liana, 1972
- Genus Orthophastigia Tapia, 1982
- Genus Scopaeoscleratoscopia Jago, 1990
References
- ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (2011). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist. Species 2000. Reading, UK. 24 september 2012.
- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 28 January 2019)