Pamphagidae is a family of
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshopp ...
s belonging to the superfamily
Acridoidea
Acridoidea is the largest superfamily of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera with species found on every continent except Antarctica.
Classification
''Orthoptera Species File'' includes the following families:
*Acrididae MacLeay, 1821
* Deric ...
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Catalogue of life
/ref> The species in this family can be found in Africa, Europe and Asia.[
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Subfamilies, Tribes and selected Genera
The Orthoptera Species File lists the following:[Orthoptera Species File (v. 5.0; retrieved 10 August 2021)]
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Akicerinae
Auth.: Bolívar, 1916 – southern Africa; all genera:
;tribe Akicerini Bolívar, 1916 (monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
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# '' Akicera'' Serville, 1831
;''Incertae sedis''
# '' Adephagus'' Saussure, 1887
# '' Batrachornis'' Saussure, 1884
# '' Batrachotetrix'' Burmeister, 1838
# '' Eremotettix'' Saussure, 1888
Echinotropinae
Auth.: Dirsh, 1961 – southern Africa; all genera:
# '' Echinotropis'' Uvarov, 1944
# '' Geloiomimus'' Saussure, 1899
# '' Parageloiomimus'' Dirsh, 1961
# '' Thrincotropis'' Saussure, 1899
Pamphaginae
Auth.: Burmeister, 1840 – northern Africa, Europe, W. Asia; selected genera:
;tribe Euryparyphini La Greca, 1993
* '' Eunapiodes'' Bolívar, 1907
* '' Euryparyphes'' Fischer, 1853
;tribe Finotiini Bolívar, 1916 (monotypic)
* '' Finotia'' Bonnet, 1884
;tribe Nocarodeini Bolívar, 1916
* '' Nocarodes'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1846
;tribe Pamphagini Burmeister, 1840
* ''Acinipe
''Acinipe'' is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pamphagidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Acinipe'', found in Southern Europe and North Africa.
Species
These 29 species belong to the genus ''Acinipe'':
* ''Acinipe algeric ...
'' Rambur, 1838
* '' Pamphagus'' Thunberg, 1815
* '' Paracinipe'' Descamps & Mounassif, 1972
;tribe Tropidauchenini Zhang, Yin & Yin, 2003
* '' Tropidauchen'' Saussure, 1887
;''Incertae sedis''
* '' Acrostira'' Enderlein, 1929
Porthetinae
Auth.: Bolívar, 1916 – S. to E Africa, Middle East; selected genera:
;tribe Trachypetrellini Uvarov, 1943 (monotypic)
# '' Trachypetrella'' Kirby, 1910
;''Incertae sedis''
* '' Lamarckiana'' Kirby, 1910
* '' Lobosceliana'' Dirsh, 1958
* '' Pagopedilum'' Karsch, 1896
* '' Xiphoceriana'' Dirsh, 1958
Thrinchinae
Auth.: Stål, 1876 – northern Africa, Europe, temperate Asia; selected genera:
;tribe Haplotropidini Sergeev, 1995
* '' Haplotropis'' Saussure, 1888
;tribe Thrinchini Stål, 1876
* '' Iranotmethis'' Uvarov, 1943
* '' Prionotropis'' Fieber, 1853
* '' Thrinchus'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1833
References
External links
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Orthoptera families
Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister