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Genus of grasshoppers

Austroicetes
Southern Austroicetes (A. frater)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Genus: Austroicetes
Uvarov, 1925

Austroicetes is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae (incertae sedis) and family Acrididae. Members of the genus typically feed on grass and herbs.

Species

Several species were placed previously in the genus Chortoicetes. The Orthoptera Species File presently (2021) lists:

  1. Austroicetes arida Key, 1954
  2. Austroicetes cruciata (Saussure, 1888)
  3. Austroicetes frater (Brancsik, 1897)
  4. Austroicetes interioris White & Key, 1957
  5. Austroicetes nullarborensis Key, 1954
  6. Austroicetes pusilla (Walker, 1870) - type species (as Epacromia pusilla Walker)
  7. Austroicetes tenuicornis Key, 1954
  8. Austroicetes tricolor (Sjöstedt, 1920)
  9. Austroicetes vulgaris (Sjöstedt, 1932)

References

  1. ^ "genus Austroicetes Uvarov, 1925". Orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. Uvarov BP (1925) Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 72(3-4): 271.
  3. Daley, Elizabeth (2007). Wings: An introduction to Tasmania's winged insects. Riffles Pty Ltd.
Taxon identifiers
Austroicetes
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