insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
superfamily
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in the
Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...
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Caelifera
The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets (Tridactyloidea). ...
.Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 December 2022) Sometimes described as leaf grasshoppers,
American
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species in the Xyronotidae have also been called razor-backed bush-hoppers.
Families and distribution
The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists two families:
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Trigonopterygidae
The ''Trigonopterygidae'' are an insect family in the Orthoptera: Caelifera found in south and south-east Asia.
Subfamilies and Genera
The ''Orthoptera Species File''Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909: found in Central America north to MexicoOrthoptera Species File (retrieved 30 March 2010) /ref>
# genus '' Axyronotus'' Dirsh & Mason, 1979
# genus '' Xyronotus'' Saussure, 1884