Biology:Macrotona

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Macrotona
Macrotona australis laying eggs.jpg
Macrotona australis, female laying eggs
Scientific classification e
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 "genus Macrotona Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1108034. Retrieved 2020-05-29. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=G0Z2wY2B2ncC&pg=PA190. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6725710 entry