Pezotettix

Pezotettix
Pezotettix giornae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Pezotettiginae
Genus:
Burmeister, 1840
Synonyms
  • Pegotettix Dodge, 1876
  • Pelecycleis Fieber, 1853
  • Pelecyclus Fieber, 1853
  • Pezotettis Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
  • Platyphyma Fischer, 1853

Pezotettix[1] is a genus of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Pezotettiginae[2] (similar to and previously placed in the Catantopinae[3]).

Distribution

The species belonging to this genus are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.[4]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File currently (2023) includes:[2]

  1. Pezotettix anatolica Uvarov, 1934
  2. Pezotettix cotti Dirsh, 1949
  3. Pezotettix curvicerca Uvarov, 1934
  4. Pezotettix cypria Dirsh, 1949
  5. Pezotettix giornae Rossi, 1794 - type species (as Gryllus giornae Rossi)
  6. Pezotettix judaica Uvarov, 1934
  7. Pezotettix lagoi Jannone, 1936
  8. Pezotettix platycerca Stål, 1876
  9. Pezotettix sorbinii Massa & Fontana, 1998

References

  1. ^ Burmeister H (1840) Zeitsch. Entom. 2: 51.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 2 July 2032)
  3. ^ Biolib
  4. ^ Fauna Europaea
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