Pyrgomorphidae

Orthacris sp.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pyrgomorphoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Orthoptera Subordo: Caelifera Infraordo: Acrididea Superfamilia: Pyrgomorphoidea

Familia: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamiliae (2): Orthacridinae – Pyrgomorphinae

Name

• Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
  • Type genus: Pyrgomorpha Audinet-Serville, 1838

Primary references

• Brunner von Wattenwyl K. 1874. Ueber Systematik der Orthoptera und die Recensio orthopterorum von C. Stal. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 24: 225–230. BHL, PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1882. Prodromus der europäischen Orthopteren. Leipzig, Engelmann. XXXII + 466 pp., 11 plates, 1 map. Archive PDF.Reference page. 
• Kevan, D.K.McE. & Akbar, S.S. 1964. The Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea): their systematics, tribal divisions and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist 96 (12): 1505–1536. DOI: 10.4039/Ent961505-12. Reference page. 
• Zahid, S., Mariño-Pérez, R., Amehmood, S.A., Muhammad, K. & Song, H. 2020. An Illustrated Key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region. Zootaxa 4895(3): 381–397. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Pyrgomorphidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Pyrgomorphidae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Pyrgomorphidae Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• Pyrgomorphidae - Orthoptera Species File Online

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Stinksprinkane
• English: Gaudy grasshoppers
• français: Pyrgomorphes
• 日本語: オンブバッタ科

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