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Ommexechidae

The Ommexechidae are a family of grasshoppers, in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera. Species in this family can be found in the Americas.

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Ommexechidae
Ommexecha apolinari
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Ommexechidae
Bolívar, 18841

The Ommexechidae are a family of grasshoppers, in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera.2 Species in this family can be found in the Americas.

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File3 lists:

  • Aucacridinae Rehn, 1943
    • Aucacris Hebard, 1929
    • Conometopus Blanchard, 1851
    • Cumainocloidus Bruner, 1913
    • Neuquenina Rosas Costa, 1954
  • Illapeliinae Carbonell & A. Mesa, 1972
    • Illapelia Carbonell & Mesa, 1972
  • Ommexechinae Bolívar, 1884
    • Calcitrena Eades, 1961
    • Clarazella Pictet & Saussure, 1887
    • Descampsacris Ronderos, 1972
    • Graea Philippi, 1863
    • Ommexecha Serville, 1831
    • Pachyossa Rehn, 1913
    • Spathalium Bolívar, 1884
    • Tetrixocephalus Gurney & Liebermann, 1963
References

References

  1. Bolívar, 1884 : Monografia de los Pirgomorfidos de la Seccion "Ommexechae. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, vol. 13, 1-73.
  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 September 2012.
  3. Orthoptera Species File (31 March 2010)
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