Gomphocerini
Encyclopedia
Gomphocerini is a tribe
of grasshopper
s of the family Acrididae
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Tribe
A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists...
of grasshopper
Grasshopper
The grasshopper is an insect of the suborder Caelifera in the order Orthoptera. To distinguish it from bush crickets or katydids, it is sometimes referred to as the short-horned grasshopper...
s of the family Acrididae
Acrididae
The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the...
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Genera
- Aeropedellus Hebard, 1935
- BrunneriaBrunneriaBrunneria is a genus of praying mantises in Family Mantidae. Often called stick mantis for their slender shape, the genus is native to the Americas and is represented by such species such as:...
McNeill, 1897 - ChorthippusChorthippusChorthippus is a large genus of acridid grasshoppers with around 190 described species. Some of these are placed in Glyptobothrus by other authors.-Species:*Chorthippus abchasicus*Chorthippus acroleucus*Chorthippus aethalinus...
(Fieber, 1852) - Dasyhippus Uvarov, 1930
- Euchorthippus Tarbinsky, 1926
- Gomphoceridius Bolívar, 1914
- Gomphocerippus Roberts, 1941
- Gomphoceroides Zheng, Xi & Lian, 1992
- Gomphocerus Thunberg, 1815
- Megaulacobothrus Caudell, 1921
- Mesasippus Tarbinsky, 1931
- Myrmeleotettix Bolívar, 1914
- Pezohippus Bei-Bienko, 1948
- Phlibostroma Scudder, 1875
- Stauroderus Bolívar, 1897
- Stenobothroides Xu & Zheng, 1996