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Tripetalocerinae
Tripetalocera ferruginea, mating
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Superfamily: Tetrigoidea
Family: Tetrigidae
Subfamily: Tripetalocerinae
Bolívar, 1887
Synonyms
  • Tripetalocerae Bolívar, 1887
  • Tripetaloceridae Bolívar, 1887

Tripetalocerinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are at least two genera and two described species, found in India, China, Indo-China and Malesia.

Description

Groudhoppers in this subfamily are characterised by having relatively very large antennae, but consisting of only eight segments (other Tetrigidae usually have more than 11).

Genera

Two monotypic genera belong to the single tribe Tripetalocerini:

References

  1. Bolívar I (1887) Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique 31: 175-313, pl. 4-5.
  2. "Tripetalocerinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. (2013-10-03). "Review of the subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)". Zootaxa. 3718 (2): 158–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26258216.

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Taxon identifiers
Tripetalocerinae
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