Tetriginae Ramber, 1838

Gupta, Sunil Kumar, 2016, Euparatettix dandakaranyensis sp. nov. (Tetrigidae: Tetriginae) — a new pygmy grasshopper species from Central India, Zootaxa 4097 (1), pp. 118-124 : 119

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.1.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C5896DD-1A88-418D-B003-D848AECBA718

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6078306

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Tetriginae Ramber, 1838
status

 

Subfamily: Tetriginae Ramber, 1838 View in CoL

The subfamily is characterized by the lack of clear synapomorphies. The major characters that define this paraphyletic group include: (i) filiform antennae with 12-14 segments, (ii) frons not produced forwards, (iii) lateral paranotal projections (triangularly shaped) directed downwards and not produced in spines/teeth, (iv) dorsal margin of mid femora carinate, not sulcate and (v) scutellum usually not very wide (however, exceptions exist).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae