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Taxa hierarchy
infraorder
Acrididea
nanorder
Acridomorpha
superfamily
Acridoidea
MacLeay, 1821
family Pyrgacrididae Kevan, 1974
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46177
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 3:30 >> Note: Pyrgomorphidae: Pyrgacridinae
Eades. 2000. Jour. Orth. Res. 9:193 >> Note: Raised Pyrgacridinae to family Pyrgacrididae
Hugel. 2014. Zootaxa 3900(3):403
Song, H. 2018. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume 2 270
Type genus:
Pyrgacris
Descamps, 1968; priority for family-group names based on
Pyrgacris
dates from Pyrgacridinae Kevan, D.K.M., 1974. First use as Pyrgacrididae by Eades, 2000.
synonym
Pyrgacridinae
Kevan, 1974
genus
Pyrgacris
Descamps, 1968
species
descampsi
Kevan, 1976
species
relictus
Descamps, 1968
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