Biology:Maura (insect)

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Short description: Genus of grasshoppers

Maura
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Maura rubroornata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe: Dictyophorini
Genus: Maura
Stål, 1873

Maura[1] is a genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Dictyophorini and the family Pyrgomorphidae; it is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[2]

  1. Maura bolivari Kirby, 1902
  2. Maura lurida (Fabricius, 1781)
  3. Maura marshalli Bolívar, 1904
  4. Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855) - type species (as Petasia rubroornata Stål)

References

  1. Stål C (1873) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg 1: 20.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 September 2021)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10578635 entry