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Pyrgomorpha

Pyrgomorpha is the type genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae and the tribe Pyrgomorphini. Species are found in Southern Europe, Africa and the middle East, through to India and Mongolia.

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Pyrgomorpha
Pyrgomorpha conica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Pyrgomorphidae
Subfamily: Pyrgomorphinae
Tribe: Pyrgomorphini
Genus: Pyrgomorpha
Serville, 1838

Pyrgomorpha1 is the type genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae and the tribe Pyrgomorphini.2 Species are found in Southern Europe, Africa and the middle East, through to India and Mongolia.2

Species

The Orthoptera Species File2 lists the following:

subgenus Phymelloides Kevan & Akbar, 1963
  1. Pyrgomorpha angolensis Bolívar, 1889
  2. Pyrgomorpha granulata Stål, 1875
  3. Pyrgomorpha johnseni Schmidt, 1999
  4. Pyrgomorpha rugosa Key, 1937 (a.k.a. Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) rugosus)
  5. Pyrgomorpha vignaudi Guérin-Méneville, 1849
subgenus Pyrgomorpha Serville, 1838
  1. Pyrgomorpha agarena Bolívar, 1894
  2. Pyrgomorpha albotaeniata Werner, 1908
  3. Pyrgomorpha bispinosa Walker, 1870
  4. Pyrgomorpha brachycera Kirby, 1914
  5. Pyrgomorpha cognata Krauss, 1877
  6. Pyrgomorpha conica Olivier, 1791 - type species (as Acrydium conicum Olivier)
  7. Pyrgomorpha cypria Bolívar, 1901
  8. Pyrgomorpha granosa Stål, 1876
  9. Pyrgomorpha granulata Stål, 1875
  10. Pyrgomorpha guentheri Burr, 1899
  11. Pyrgomorpha hemiptera Uvarov, 1938
  12. Pyrgomorpha inaequalipennis Bolívar, 1904
  13. Pyrgomorpha lepineyi Chopard, 1943
  14. Pyrgomorpha minuta Kevan, 1963
  15. Pyrgomorpha tricarinata Bolívar, 1884
  16. Pyrgomorpha vignaudi Guérin-Méneville, 1849
  17. Pyrgomorpha vosseleri Uvarov, 1923
References

References

  1. Serville (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 583.
  2. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 8 April 2018)
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