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Proscopiinae

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Proscopiinae
Proscopia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Proscopiidae
Subfamily: Proscopiinae
Serville, 1838
Tribes

Proscopiinae[1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species,[2] found in South America.[3]

Tribes and genera

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Two tribes have been identified, with the following genera assigned to the subfamily Proscopiinae:[3]

Proscopiini

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Pseudoproscopia scabra

Tetanorhynchini

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Tetanorhynchus punctatus

Tribe not determined

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Stiphra sp., giant jumping stick

References

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  1. ^ Serville JGA (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 565, 570.
  2. ^ "Proscopiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. ^ a b Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2022). "subfamily Proscopiinae Serville, 1838". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2022-12-19.

Further reading

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  • Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.