Trigonopterygoidea

The Trigonopterygoidea are an insect superfamily in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.[2] Sometimes described as leaf grasshoppers, American species in the Xyronotidae have also been called razor-backed bush-hoppers.[3]

Trigonopterygoidea
Leaf grasshopper (Systella sp.) from Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Trigonopterygoidea
Walker, 1870[1]

Families and distribution

The Catalogue of Life lists two families:[2]

  • Trigonopterygidae Walker, 1870: found in south and south-east Asia
  • Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909: found in Central America north to Mexico[4]
    • genus Axyronotus Dirsh & Mason, 1979
    • genus Xyronotus Saussure, 1884

References
  1. Walker F, 1870 Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. vol. 3 Locustidae (contd.), Acrididae. British Museum, London, p. 425-604.
  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: Xyronotidae
  4. Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 30 March 2010
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