Pyrgomorphidae

Pyrgomorphidae

Mountain grasshopper Monistria sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Family:	Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

Pyrgomorphidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera commonly known as the gaudy grasshoppers.^[1] It is the only family in the superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea, and contains 29 genera and at least 70 species and subspecies.^[2]

Families and genera

Incomplete list of sub-families, tribes, genera and species:^[3]

Sub-family Orthacridinae or Ortacrinae
Sub-family Pyrgomorphinae
- Tribe Atractomorphini
  - Genus Atractomorpha
    - Atractomorpha australis
    - Atractomorpha psittacina
  - Sub-tribe Occidentosphenina
    - Genus Occidentosphena
      - Occidentosphena ruandensis
      - Occidentosphena uvarovi
- Tribe Desmopterini
  - Genus Desmoptera
    - Desmoptera truncatipennis^[4]
- Tribe Dictyophorini
  - Genus Camoensia
  - Genus Dictyophorus
  - Genus Loveridgacris
  - Genus Maura
  - Genus Parapetasia
- Tribe Monistriini
  - Genus Greyacris
    - Greyacris profundesulcata^[4]
  - Genus Monistria
    - Monistria cicatricosa
    - Monistria concinna^[4]
    - Monistria consobrina
    - Monistria discrepans
    - Monistria latevittata
    - Monistria maculicornis
    - Monistria pavoninae
    - Monistria picta
    - Monistria pustulifera
    - Monistria sulcata
  - Genus Parastria
    - Parastria reticulata
  - Genus Pileolum
    - Pileolum kirbyi
  - Genus Yeelanna; see place: Yeelanna
    - Yeelanna argus
    - Yeelanna pavonina
- Tribe Petasidini
  - Genus Petasida
    - Petasida ephippigera (Leichardt's grasshopper)^[4]^[5]
  - Genus Scutillya
    - Scutillya verrucosa (Giant spotted pyrgomorph)^[6]
- Tribe Phymateini
  - Genus Phymateus
- Tribe Psednurini
  - Genus Propsednura
    - Propsednura eyrei
    - Propsednura peninsularis
  - Genus Psedna
    - Psedna nana
  - Genus Psednura
    - Psednura longicornis
    - Psednura musgravei
    - Psednura pedestris
- Tribe Pyrgomorphini
  - Sub-tribe Arbusculina
  - Sub-tribe Geloiodina
  - Sub-tribe Parasphenina
  - Sub-tribe Pyrgomorphina

References

^ http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9428
^ "Pyrgomorphidae(Family)". zipcodezoo.com. BayScience Foundation, Inc.. 26 April 2010. http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Animalia/Pyrgomorphidae_Family.asp. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
^ http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9428
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Orthoptera (Grasshoppers & Locusts)". anic.ento.csiro.au. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/biota_details.aspx?OrderID=24892&BiotaID=46436&PageID=families. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^ http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/name_s/b_3200.htm
^ http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_3852.htm

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pyrgomorphidae Pyrgomorphidae] at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pyrgomorphidae at Wikispecies
Pyrgomorphoidea at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility Portal