Batrachideinae

Batrachideinae
Tettigidea armata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Tetrigidae
Subfamily:	Batrachideinae Bolívar, 1887
Synonyms
Batrachideae, Batrachideidae, Batrachididae, Batrachidiini, Batrachidinae, Batrachinae, Bolívar, 1887 Bufonidae, Bufonidinae, Hancock, 1907 Cassitettiginae, Cassitettinae, Cassitettinini, Yin, 1984

Batrachideinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are thought to be 20 genera in Batrachideinae, with genera found in the Americas, Africa, (mostly tropical) Asia and Australia.^[1]

Tettigidea lateralis

Description

Groudhoppers in this subfamily are characterised by having antennae consisting of 18-22 segments (other Tetrigidae have less than 16).^[2]

Genera

About 25 genera in three tribes belong to the subfamily Batrachideinae:^[1]

Batrachideini

Auth. Bolívar, 1887 - Americas

• Batrachidea Serville, 1838 ^{c g}
• Cranotettix Grant, 1955 ^{c g}
• Danatettix Thomas, Skejo & Heads, 2019
• Eutettigidea Hancock, 1914 ^{c g}
• Halmatettix Hancock, 1909 ^{c g}
• Lophoscirtus Bruner, 1910 ^{c g}
• Paurotarsus Hancock, 1900 ^{c g}
• Paxilla Bolívar, 1887 ^{i c g}
• Plectronotus Morse, 1900 ^{c g}
• Puiggaria Bolívar, 1887 ^{c g}
• Rehnidium Grant, 1956 ^{c g}
• Scaria Bolívar, 1887 ^{c g}
• Tettigidea Scudder, 1862 ^{i c g b}

Bufonidini

Auth. Hancock, 1907 - Australasia

• Anaselina Storozhenko, 2019
• Bufonides Bolívar, 1898 ^{c g}
• Hyperyboella Günther, 1938
• Paraselina Storozhenko, 2019
• Selivinga Storozhenko, 2019
• Vilma Steinmann, 1973 ^{c g}
• Vingselina Sjöstedt, 1921 ^{c g}

Cassitettigini

Auth. Yin, 1984 - Africa, tropical Asia

• Ascetotettix Grant, 1956 ^{c g}
• Palaioscaria Günther, 1936 ^{c g}
• Phloeonotus Bolívar, 1887 ^{c g}
• Saussurella Bolívar, 1887 ^{c g}
• Wiemersiella Tumbrinck, 2014 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[3] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] b = Bugguide.net^[6]

References

1. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
2. Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. (2013-10-03). "Review of the subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)". Zootaxa. 3718 (2): 158–170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3718.2.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 26258216.
3. "Batrachideinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-12-29.
4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
5. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
6. "Batrachideinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-12-29.

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. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.

External links

• Media related to Batrachideinae at Wikimedia Commons