Biology:Mastacideidae

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Short description: Family of grasshoppers

Mastacideidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
Family: Mastacideidae
Rehn, 1948

Mastacideidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are at least two genera and about eight described species in Mastacideidae, found in South Asia.[1][2][3]

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Mastacideidae:

  • Mastacides Bolívar, 1899
  • Paramastacides Descamps, 1974

References

  1. "Mastacideidae Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657483. Retrieved 2019-04-16. 
  2. "Mastacideidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/5933. Retrieved 2019-04-16. 
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/. Retrieved 2019-04-16. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q3297840 entry