Xeniinae

Xeniinae[1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. Xeniinae has 3 genera, 2 extant and 1 extinct, and about 16 described species,[2] found in South America.[3]

Xeniinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Proscopioidea
Family: Proscopiidae
Subfamily: Xeniinae
Liana, 1980

Genera

These three genera belong to the subfamily Xeniinae:

  • Altograciosa - monotypic A. mirabilis Liana, 1980
  • Astroma Charpentier, 1845
  • Xenium - monotypic X. saburrae Liana, 1980
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References

  1. Liana (1980) Mitt. Hamburg. zool. Mus. Inst. 77: 230.
  2. "Xeniinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "subfamily Xeniinae Liana, 1980". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
  • Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.
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