Biology:Eritettix

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Eritettix
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Tribe: Eritettigini
Genus: Eritettix
Bruner, 1890

Eritettix is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Eritettix.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These four species belong to the genus Eritettix:

  • Eritettix abortivus Bruner, 1890 (Texas short-winged slant-face grasshopper)
  • Eritettix carinatus (Scudder, 1902)
  • Eritettix obscurus (Scudder, 1878) (obscure grasshopper)
  • Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869) (velvet-striped grasshopper) - type species (as Eritettix variabilis Bruner)

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q10488268 entry