Biology:Betiscoides
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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers
Betiscoides | |
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Betiscoides parva | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
Family: | Lentulidae |
Subfamily: | Lentulinae |
Genus: | Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 |
Type species | |
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923[1]
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Betiscoides is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae.
The grasshoppers of the genus Betiscoides have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and the antennae are tapering. They are all found among the reed-like wetland plants of the genus Restio and their common name is the restio grasshoppers.[2] All three species are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[3]
Species
There are three species in the genus Betiscoides:[1]
- Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 – slender restio grasshopper
- Betiscoides parva Key, 1937 – small restio grasshopper
- Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 – robust restio grasshopper
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D.. "genus Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923". Orthoptera Species File. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1115659.
- ↑ K.H.L. Key (1937). "New Acridiidae from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum XXIII: 135-269. https://archive.org/stream/annalsofsouthafr32193sout/annalsofsouthafr32193sout_djvu.txt.
- ↑ "Genus Betiscoides". IUCN. https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?taxonomies=15500530&searchType=species. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q10429006 entry
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