Austroicetes

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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[1]

Austroicetes[2] is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oedipodinae (incertae sedis) and family Acrididae.[1] Members of the genus typically feed on grass and herbs.[3]

Species

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Several species were placed previously in the genus Chortoicetes. The Orthoptera Species File presently (2021) lists:[1]

  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

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  1. ^ a b c "genus Austroicetes Uvarov, 1925". Orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ Uvarov BP (1925)[1924] Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 72(3-4): 271.
  3. ^ Daley, Elizabeth (2007). Wings: An introduction to Tasmania's winged insects. Riffles Pty Ltd.
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