Tropidopolinae

The Tropidopolinae[1] are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia.

Tropidopolinae
Tropidopola cylindrica
Chloroxyrrhepes virescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Tropidopolinae
Jacobson in Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905

Tribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[2]

  • Tristriini Mishchenko 1945
    • Tristria Stål, 1873 – equatorial Africa and Asia (including Indo-China and Sulawesi)
    • Tristriella Descamps & Wintrebert, 1967 - Madagascar
  • Tropidopolini Jacobson 1905
    • Tropidopola Stål, 1873 – central – northern Africa, southern Europe; Asia: near East, India up to Siberia
  • tribe undetermined:
    • Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – equatorial Africa
    • Chloroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – west Africa
    • Dabba (genus) Uvarov, 1933 - Iran
    • Homoxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1926 - Africa
    • Mesopsilla Ramme, 1929 - Congo
    • Musimoja Uvarov, 1953 - Angola
    • Petamella Giglio-Tos, 1907 - Africa
    • Pseudotristria Dirsh, 1961 – southern Africa
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References

  1. Jacobson & Bianchi (1902-1905) Orthoptera and Pseudoneuroptera of the Russian Empire. Priamokrylyia i lozhnostchatokrylyia Rossiiskoi imperii.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (2 February 2018)
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