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Heteropternis

Heteropternis is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae, and tribe Epacromiini. The recorded distribution of species in Heteropternis is from Africa and India through to Japan, Malesia, and Papua New Guinea.

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Heteropternis
Heteropternis obscurella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Tribe: Epacromiini
Genus: Heteropternis
Stål, 1873

Heteropternis is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae, and tribe Epacromiini.1 The recorded distribution of species in Heteropternis is from Africa and India through to Japan, Malesia, and Papua New Guinea.1

Species

The Catalogue of Life lists:2

  • Heteropternis cheesmanae Uvarov, 1935
  • Heteropternis coerulea Schulthess Schindler, 1899
  • Heteropternis couloniana Saussure, 1884
  • Heteropternis descampsi Roy, 1969
  • Heteropternis guineensis Blanchard, 1853
  • Heteropternis guttifera Kirby, 1902
  • Heteropternis latisterna Wang & Xia, 1992
  • Heteropternis micronus Huang, 1981
  • Heteropternis minuta Uvarov, 1934
  • Heteropternis motuoensis Yin, 1984
  • Heteropternis obscurella Blanchard, 1853
  • Heteropternis pudica Serville, 1838
  • Heteropternis pugnax Bolívar, 1912
  • Heteropternis qinghaiensis Wang & Zheng, 1992
  • Heteropternis respondens Walker, 1859
  • Heteropternis robusta Bey-Bienko, 1951
  • Heteropternis royi Mestre, 1988
  • Heteropternis rufipes Shiraki, 1910
  • Heteropternis sarimahii Mahmood, Samira, Salmah & Idris, 2008
  • Heteropternis thoracica Walker, 1870
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References

  1. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 24 November 2018)
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 November 2018.