Tripetalocerinae[1] 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.[2][3]
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).[4]
Genera
Two monotypic genera belong to the single tribe Tripetalocerini:
- Tripetalocera Westwood, 1834
- Tripetaloceroides Storozhenko, 2013[4]
References
- ^ Bolívar I (1887) Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique 31: 175-313, pl. 4-5.
- ^ "Tripetalocerinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
External links
Media related to Tripetalocerinae at Wikimedia Commons- Images at iNaturalist
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