Macrotona
Appearance
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Macrotona australis, female laying eggs | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Catantopinae |
Tribe: | Catantopini |
Genus: | Macrotona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
Macrotona[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and tribe Catantopini. It includes eight described species and around 35 undescribed species.[2] They are often found in association with spinifex.[2]
Species
List of Orthoptera Species File:[1]
- Macrotona australis (Walker, 1870)
- Macrotona curvicostalis (Sjöstedt, 1921)
- Macrotona genicularis (Sjöstedt, 1921)
- Macrotona lineosa (Walker, 1870)
- Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920
- Macrotona modesta (Sjöstedt, 1921)
- Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920)
- Macrotona securiformis (Sjöstedt, 1921)
References
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- "Genus Macrotona". Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification. 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2009-04-30.
- ^ a b "genus Macrotona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
- ^ a b David C. Rentz (1996). "Key to Australian subfamilies". Grasshopper Country: the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. University of New South Wales Press. pp. 173–193. ISBN 978-0-86840-063-1.