Hesperotettix

Genus of grasshoppers

Hesperotettix
Hesperotettix viridis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Melanoplini
Genus: Hesperotettix
Scudder, 1875

Hesperotettix is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 9 described species in Hesperotettix.[1][2][3][4]

Hesperotettix speciosus

Species

  • Hesperotettix coloradensis Bruner, 1904
  • Hesperotettix curtipennis Scudder, 1897
  • Hesperotettix floridensis Morse, 1901 (Florida purple-striped grasshopper)
  • Hesperotettix gemmicula Hebard, 1918
  • Hesperotettix nevadensis Morse, 1906
  • Hesperotettix osceola Hebard, 1918 (osceola grasshopper)
  • Hesperotettix pacificus Scudder, 1897
  • Hesperotettix speciosus (Scudder, 1872) (showy grasshopper)
  • Hesperotettix viridis (Thomas, 1872) (snakeweed grasshopper)

References

  1. ^ "Hesperotettix Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  2. ^ "Hesperotettix Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  3. ^ "Hesperotettix Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
  4. ^ "Orthoptera Species File Online".

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Capinera J.L; Scott R.D.; Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
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