Biology:Austroicetes

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Austroicetes
Southern Austroicetes (A. frater)
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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

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "genus Austroicetes Uvarov, 1925". Orthoptera.speciesfile.org. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1104562. 
  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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