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Caelifera
infraorder
Acrididea
nanorder
Acridomorpha
superfamily Eumastacoidea Burr, 1899
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:39449
Common name(s): monkey grasshoppers
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Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (18):
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser (Ent. Meddelelser) 34:385
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:161
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):1, 2 >> Note: key to families
Mestre. 1988. Les acridiens des formations herbeuses d'Afrique de l'Ouest, CIRAD-PRIFAS 293
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:1 >> Note: Eumastacoidea
Zheng, Z. 1995. In Zhu, Tingan [Ed.]. Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Eumastacoidea and Tetrigoidea. Insects and macrofungi of Gutianshan, Zhejiang, Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou 25-29
Flook & C. Hugh Fraser Rowell. 1997. The phylogeny of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) as deduced from mtrRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.) 8:89-103
Chen, Yonglin. 1997. Elementary introduction of tetrigid, eumastacid and acridid. Entomological Knowledge (Entomol. Knowledge) 34(4):237-238
Jiang, G. & Z. Zheng. 1998. Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi, Guangxi Normal University 362 >> Note: Eumastacoidea
Flook, S. Klee & C. Hugh Fraser Rowell. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Pneumoroidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera): molecular data resolve morphological character conflicts in the basal Acridomorpha. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.) 15(3):351
Eades. 2000. Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 9:204
Zhong, Yulin, Hong Xu, G. Lei & Z. Zheng. 2002. Studies on the Tetrigoidea and Eumastacoidea of Hubei Province. Journal of central China Normal University (Natural Sciences) 36(4), Sum 104:510 >> Note: key to species
Matt, Flook & C. Hugh Fraser Rowell. 2008. A partial molecular phylogeny of the Eumastacoidea s. lat. (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 17(1):43-55
Song, H. 2010. Grasshopper systematics: past, present and future. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 19(1):57-68
Wang, X.-Y., Z.-J. Zhou, Y. Huang & F.-M. Shi. 2011. The phylogenetic relationships of higher orthopteran categories inferred from 18S gene sequences. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 36(3):627-638
>> Note: monophyly rejected
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama, The Orthopterists' Society 25
Song, H., Amédégnato, Cigliano, Desutter-Grandcolas, Heads, Y. Huang, D. Otte & Whiting. 2015. 300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling. Cladistics 31:621-651 >> Note: monophyletic
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 45
Type genus:
Eumastax
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Eumastax
dates from Eumastacides Burr, 1899. First use as Eumastacoidea by Kevan, D.K.M., 1966.
synonym
Eumastacides
Burr, 1899
Citations:
Burr. 1899. Essai sur les Eumastacides tribu des Acridiodea. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 28:75, 79
Type genus:
Eumastax
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Eumastax
dates from Eumastacides Burr, 1899. First use as Eumastacides by Burr, 1899.
family
Chorotypidae
Stål, 1873
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (7):
Stål. 1873. Acridiodea. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg, Stockholm 1:8
>> Note: Choroetypidae
Stål. 1876. Bidrag till södra Afrikas Orthopter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger (Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh.) 33(3):54
>> Note: Subf. Choroetypidae
Karsch. 1889. Orthopterologische Mittheilungen I. Über die Choroetypiden. Entomologische Nachrichten (Entom. Nachricht.) 15:7, 8
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:190 >> Note: Chorotypidae
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 15, 26 >> Note: Chorotypidae
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:367 >> Note: Chorotypidae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):191-240
>> Note: Chorotypidae
Type genus:
Chorotypus
Serville, 1838; priority for family-group names based on
Chorotypus
dates from Choroetypidae Stål, 1873. First use as Chorotypidae by Descamps, 1973.
synonym
Choroetypidae
Stål, 1873
Citations:
Stål. 1873. Acridiodea. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg, Stockholm 1:8
>> Note: Choroetypidae
Stål. 1876. Bidrag till södra Afrikas Orthopter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger (Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh.) 33(3):54
>> Note: Subf. Choroetypidae
Karsch. 1889. Orthopterologische Mittheilungen I. Über die Choroetypiden. Entomologische Nachrichten (Entom. Nachricht.) 15:7, 8
Type genus:
Chorotypus
Serville, 1838; priority for family-group names based on
Chorotypus
dates from Choroetypidae Stål, 1873. First use as Choroetypidae by Stål, 1873.
subfamily
Chininae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2, 14
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXII, 373
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:121
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:196
Type genus:
China
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
China
dates from Chinae Burr, 1899. First use as Chininae by Burr, 1904.
subfamily
Chorotypinae
Stål, 1873
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (15):
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2, 3
Handlirsch. 1922. Überordnung: Orthoptera (Latr.) m. (Geradflügler). Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.), Gustav Fischer, Jena 3:449
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXII, 1, 4
>> Note: Eumastacinae: Chorotypinae, key to genera
Bolívar, C. 1932. Estudios sobre Eumastacidos V. Sobre los géneros Orchetypus Brunn., Kirbyita C. Bol. y Hemierianthus Sauss. (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). Société Entomologique de France. Livre du Centenaire 670
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:118
>> Note: Chorotypinae
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Chorotypinae
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):235
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 17 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser (Ent. Meddelelser) 34:386 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Chorotypinae
Descamps. 1967. Contribution a la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. 43. Orthopteres Eumastacidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN). Série A: Sciences Naturelles (Bull. IFAN (A)) 31(1):295
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:1 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Chorotypinae
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:190 >> Note: Chorotypidae
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 15 >> Note: Chorotypidae
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):2 >> Note: Chorotypidae: Chorotypinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:1 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Chorotypinae
Type genus:
Chorotypus
Serville, 1838; priority for family-group names based on
Chorotypus
dates from Choroetypidae Stål, 1873. First use as Chorotypinae by Bolívar, C., 1930.
subfamily
Erianthinae
Karsch, 1889
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous.
Citations (8):
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2, 6
>> Note: Erianthinae
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXII, 78
>> Note: Eumastacinae: Erianthinae
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:118
>> Note: Erianthinae
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad 1:110[116]
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:193 >> Note: key to genera
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 27 >> Note: synonym of Chorotypinae
Descamps. 1975. Revision du genre Erianthus Stal, 1875 (Orth. Eumastacoidea, Erianthinae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 11(1):91
>> Note: Erianthinae, key to genera
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:7 >> Note: Chorotypinae: Erianthini
Type genus:
Erianthus
Stål, 1875; priority for family-group names based on
Erianthus
dates from Erianthina Karsch, 1889. First use as Erianthinae by Burr, 1904.
subfamily
Eruciinae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (8):
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2, 9
>> Note: Eruciinae
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXII, 206
>> Note: Eruciinae
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:117
>> Note: Eruciinae
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):236 >> Note: Eruciinae
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser (Ent. Meddelelser) 34:385 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Eruciinae
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:195 >> Note: Chorotypidae: Eruciinae
Descamps. 1974. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera). II. Indo-Malaisie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie) (Bulletin Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool. 3e ser)) 237 (Zool. 161):1037
>> Note: Eruciinae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):192
>> Note: Chorotypidae: Eruciinae
Type genus:
Erucius
Stål, 1875; priority for family-group names based on
Erucius
dates from Erucii Burr, 1899. First use as Eruciinae by Burr, 1904.
subfamily
Mnesicleinae
Descamps, 1973
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (5):
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:185, 197 >> Note: Mnesicleinae; Chorotypidae, key to genera
Descamps. 1974. Les Mnesicleinae des Philippines (Orthoptera Eumastacoidea). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie) (Bulletin Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool. 3e ser)) 184 (262):1653-1696
>> Note: Mnesicleinae
Butlin, R.E. Blackith & R.M. Blackith. 1989. Eumastacidae (Orthoptera) from the Project Wallace Expedition to Sulawesi (Indonesia). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (Tijdschr. v. Entomologie) 132(1):109-113
>> Note: Mnesicleinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:15 >> Note: Chorotypinae: Mnesicleini
Tan, M.K., Japir & Chung. 2022. Contribution to the taxonomy of Uvarovia (Orthoptera: Chorotypidae: Mnesicleinae) from Borneo and Malay Peninsula. Zootaxa 5093(5):533, 534 >> Note: key to genera
Type genus:
Mnesicles
Stål, 1878; priority for family-group names based on
Mnesicles
dates from Mnesicleinae Descamps, 1973. First use as Mnesicleinae by Descamps, 1973.
subfamily
Prionacanthinae
Descamps, 1973
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:193 >> Note: Chorotypidae, Prionacanthinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:21 >> Note: Chorotypinae: Prionacanthini
Type genus:
Prionacantha
Henry, G.M., 1940; priority for family-group names based on
Prionacantha
dates from Prionacanthinae Descamps, 1973. First use as Prionacanthinae by Descamps, 1973.
family
Episactidae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (5):
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:200 >> Note: Eumasticoidea: Episactidae
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:368 >> Note: Episactidae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:22 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Episactinae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):191-240
>> Note: Eumastacoidea: Episactidae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama, The Orthopterists' Society 42
Type genus:
Episactus
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Episactus
dates from Episacti Burr, 1899. First use as Episactidae by Descamps, 1973.
subfamily
Episactinae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (14):
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2,12
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXII
Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn. 1934. The Eumasticinae (Orthopt., Acrididae) of southern Mexico and Central America. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society (Memoirs Am. ent. Soc.) 8:1
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:122
>> Note: Episactinae
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad 1:111[117]
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:317
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):110
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:201 >> Note: Episactinae
Descamps. 1974. Quelques nouveaux Episactinae des genres Lethus et Gymnotettis (Orth. Eumastacoidea Episactidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 10(3):553
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:22 >> Note: Episactinae, Episactini
Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & D. Otte. 1997. New eumastacid grasshopper taxa (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Episactinae) from the Dominican Republic, including a fossil new genus and species from Dominican amber. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 6:139-151 >> Note: Key to Hispaniola genera; Episactinae
Perez-Gelabert, Hierro & D. Otte. 1997. Espagnolopsis and Espagnolina, two new genera of eumastacid grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Episactinae) from Hispaniola. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 6:153-160 >> Note: Episactinae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):192, 229
>> Note: Episactidae: Episactinae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2013. The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama, The Orthopterists' Society 43
Type genus:
Episactus
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Episactus
dates from Episacti Burr, 1899. First use as Episactinae by Burr, 1904.
subfamily
Espagnolinae
Rehn & Rehn, 1939
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (8):
Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn. 1939. A review of the New World Eumastacinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Part I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 91:169, 189 >> Note: Espagnolae group
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:122
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:305
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):110
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:203
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:23 >> Note: Episactinae: Espagnolini
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):192, 223-225
>> Note: Episactidae: Espagnolinae
Perez-Gelabert & C. Hugh Fraser Rowell. 2006. Further investigation of Hispaniolan eumastacoid grasshoppers (Espagnolinae: Episactidae: Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):241-249
Type genus:
Espagnola
Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn, 1939; priority for family-group names based on
Espagnola
dates from Espagnolae Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn, 1939. First use as Espagnolinae by Rehn, J.A.G., 1948.
subfamily
Miraculinae
Bolívar, 1903
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (13):
Bolívar, I. 1903. Nuevas especies de Eumastacinos. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.) 3:307
>> Note: Miraculinae
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 3, 22
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXI
>> Note: Miraculinae
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:125
>> Note: Miraculinae
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 4 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Miraculinae
Descamps. 1965. Contribution a l'etude des Eumastacides malgaches (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae). 1. Revision des Miraculinae. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat.) Ser. A, Zool. 34:4,5, 16 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Miraculinae
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:1 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Miraculinae
Descamps. 1969. Eumastacides de Madagascar: Miraculinae. (Acridomorphe Eumastacoidea). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr.) 74:176
White, M.J.D. 1970. Karyotypes and meitotic mechanisms of some Eumastacid grasshoppers from East Africa, Madagascar, India and South America. Chromosoma 30:64
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:204 >> Note: Miraculinae; key to genera
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):2 >> Note: Episactidae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):191-240
>> Note: Episactidae: Miraculinae
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser. 2010. On the origins of Madagascan and Seychellian eumastacids. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 19(2):361–362
>> Note: more closely related to Hemierianthus and Chorotypidae than to Episactinae
Type genus:
Miraculum
Bolívar, I., 1903; priority for family-group names based on
Miraculum
dates from Miraculinae Bolívar, I., 1903. First use as Miraculinae by Bolívar, I., 1903.
subfamily
Teicophryinae
Rehn & Rehn, 1939
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (6):
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:112
>> Note: Teicophryinae
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:305 >> Note: Teicophryinae
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):110
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:186, 200 >> Note: Key to genera
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:26 >> Note: Epistacinae: Teicophryini
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):192, 224, 225
>> Note: Episactidae: Teicophryinae
Type genus:
Teicophrys
Bruner, L., 1901; priority for family-group names based on
Teicophrys
dates from Teicophryes Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn, 1939. First use as Teicophryinae by Rehn, J.A.G., 1948.
family
Eumastacidae
Burr, 1899
Common name(s): monkey grasshoppers; saltamontes payaso
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous.
Citations (31):
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 1-23, pl 1
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:X, XXXI, 9
>> Note: Eumastacidae, key to subfamilies
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:77
>> Note: key to subfamilies
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad 1:107[113]
Rehn, J.A.G. 1952. The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae, CSIRO, Melbourne 173
Kevan, D.K.M. 1954. A small collection of Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from the agricultural department, Bangkok Thailand. Natural History Bulletin (Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc.) 16:45 >> Note: Of Thailand
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):233 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Phipps. 1958. The structure of the ovaries and eggs of some Eumastacidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 94:65-66 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Dirsh. 1961. A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent.) 10(9):356, 360
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1961. A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Monographs Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 12:120 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Shumakov. 1963. Les acridiens et les autres orthoptères de l'Afghanistan et de l'Iran [in Russian]. Trudy Vsesoyeiznogo Entomologicheskojo Obshchestva, Moskva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Unionis Soveticae] (Trudy Vses. Entomol. Obshch. [= Horae Soc. Entomol. Union. Sov.]) 49:163 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 17 >> Note: key to subfamilies
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser (Ent. Meddelelser) 34:385
Sharov. 1968. Filogniya orthopteroidnykh nasekomykh [1971 English translation: Phylogeny of the Orthopteroidea]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiia Nauk SSSR [= Transactions of the Institute of Paleontology, USSR Academy of Sciences] (Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta) 118:89, 97 >> Note: Eumastacidae Burr 1889, member of Locustopsoidea
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:1 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey (Bull. Calif. Insect Surv.) 10:15
Podgornaya. 1971. Anatomical features of Gomphomastax clavata Ostr. (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae) as compared to Acrididae. Entomological Review (Ent. Rev.) 50:299-302
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:208
Blackith, R.E. 1973. Clues to the mesozoic evolution of the Eumastacidae. Acrida 2, 1:V-XVIII
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 1-171
Descamps. 1979. Eumastacoidea néotropicaux. Diagnoses, signalisations, notes biologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 15(1):118
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:368 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:1 >> Note: Eumastacidae
Rentz, D.C.F. 1996. Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney 164 >> Note: key to subfamilies
Flook & C. Hugh Fraser Rowell. 1997. The phylogeny of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) as deduced from mtrRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.) 8:89-103
Jiang, G. & Z. Zheng. 1998. Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi, Guangxi Normal University 362
Perez-Gelabert. 1999. Saltamontes eumastacidos de la Republica Dominicana. Novitates Caribaea 1:56
>> Note: key to genera
Flook, S. Klee & C. Hugh Fraser Rowell. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Pneumoroidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera): molecular data resolve morphological character conflicts in the basal Acridomorpha. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.) 15(3):345-354
Eades. 2000. Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 9:204
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 45-94
Type genus:
Eumastax
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Eumastax
dates from Eumastacides Burr, 1899. First use as Eumastacidae by Burr, 1904.
synonym
Mastaces
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Citations:
Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova) 2 13(33):115
Zubovski. 1898. Zur Acridiodea-Fauna des asiatischen Russlands. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg (Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp. Sciences St. Petersburg) 3:109
Type genus:
Mastax
Perty, 1832 (=
Eumastax
Burr, 1899); priority for family-group names based on
Mastax
dates from Mastaces Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893. First use as Mastaces by Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893.
synonym
Mastacidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Citations:
Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova) 2 13(33):114
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:80, 81, 115
Type genus:
Mastax
Perty, 1832 (=
Eumastax
Burr, 1899); priority for family-group names based on
Mastax
dates from Mastaces Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893. First use as Mastacidae by Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893.
synonym
Mastacinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Citations:
Giglio-Tos. 1897. Viaggio del Dott. A. Borelli nel Chaco Boliviano e nella Republica Argentina. X. Ortotteri. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino (Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino) 12(302):17
Scudder, S.H. 1898. The Acridian subfamily Mastacinae in the United States and Canada. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology (Psyche) 8:179
Type genus:
Mastax
Perty, 1832 (=
Eumastax
Burr, 1899); priority for family-group names based on
Mastax
dates from Mastaces Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893. First use as Mastacinae by Giglio-Tos, 1897.
subfamily
Eumastacinae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (26):
Burr. 1899. Essai sur les Eumastacides tribu des Acridiodea. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 28:75-112, 253-304, 345-350, 3 pls.
Bruner, L. 1901. Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana 2:19
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2, 15
Rehn, J.A.G. 1904[1905]. Studies in the orthopterous subfamilies Acrydiinae (Tettiginae), Eumastacinae and Proscopinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 56:670
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):65
Kirby, W.F. 1914. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae), London 80
Handlirsch. 1922. Überordnung: Orthoptera (Latr.) m. (Geradflügler). Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.), Gustav Fischer, Jena 3:449, 465
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXII
Willemse, C. 1930. Fauna Sumatrensis (Bijdrage Nr. 62) Preliminary revision of the Acrididae (Orthoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (Tijdschr. v. Entomologie) 73:32
>> Note: Eumastacinae
Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn. 1939. A review of the New World Eumastacinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Part I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 91:165-206
Liebermann. 1939. Catálogo sistemático y biogeográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina (Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent.) 10:132, 134, 145
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:115
>> Note: Eumastacinae
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad 1:127[134]
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:310
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1961. A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Monographs Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 12:120 >> Note: Eumastacidae
White, M.J.D. 1970. Karyotypes and meitotic mechanisms of some Eumastacid grasshoppers from East Africa, Madagascar, India and South America. Chromosoma 30:65
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):99
Descamps. 1973. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orth.) IV. Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 9(4):946
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:215 >> Note: key to genera
Descamps. 1974. Eusmatacides du Venezuela avec quelques signalisations d'autres pays d'Amerique du Sud. (Orthoptera, Acridomorpha). Acrida 3(1):56
Descamps. 1979. Eumastacoidea néotropicaux. Diagnoses, signalisations, notes biologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 15(1):120
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:28 >> Note: Eumastacinae
Perez-Gelabert, Hierro & D. Otte. 1997. Espagnolopsis and Espagnolina, two new genera of eumastacid grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Episactinae) from Hispaniola. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 6:153 >> Note: key to alate forms on Hispaniola
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & Perez-Gelabert. 2006. The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 15(2):192
>> Note: Eumastacidae: Eumastacinae
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 48 >> Note: Key to genera
Cadena-Castañeda, Garay A., Castañeda M. D., Cardona & A. García García. 2016. Systematics and phylogeny of the genus Caenomastax Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Eumastacinae). Zootaxa 4117(2):241-264
Type genus:
Eumastax
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Eumastax
dates from Eumastacides Burr, 1899. First use as Eumastacinae by Burr, 1899.
subfamily
Gomphomastacinae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (16):
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2, 9
Handlirsch. 1922. Überordnung: Orthoptera (Latr.) m. (Geradflügler). Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.), Gustav Fischer, Jena 3:449, 465
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXI, 287, 288
>> Note: key to genera
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:112
Bey-Bienko. 1949. Revision of Acrididae subfam. Gomphomastacinae (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae) [in Russian)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS (C. R. Acad. Sci. URSS) 64(5):731
Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad 1:113 [120]
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):234
Shumakov. 1963. Les acridiens et les autres orthoptères de l'Afghanistan et de l'Iran [in Russian]. Trudy Vsesoyeiznogo Entomologicheskojo Obshchestva, Moskva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Unionis Soveticae] (Trudy Vses. Entomol. Obshch. [= Horae Soc. Entomol. Union. Sov.]) 49:163
White, M.J.D. 1968. Karyotypes and nuclear size in the spermatogenesis of grasshoppers belonging to the subfamilies Gomphomasticinae, Chininae and Biorellinae (Orthoptera, Eumastacidae). Caryologia 21:171
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:209
Descamps. 1974. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera). II. Indo-Malaisie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie) (Bulletin Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool. 3e ser)) 237 (Zool. 161):1049
Yamasaki. 1983. A new genus and species of gomphomastacine grasshopper (Orthoptera, Gomphomastacidae) from the Nepal Himalaya. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Series A(Zoology), Tokyo (Bulletin Natn. Sci. Mus. Ser. A (Zool.) Tokyo) 9:17 >> Note: key to genera
Yin, X.-C. 1984. Grasshoppers and locusts from Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China, Science Press, Beijing 17
Qiu, S., Sheng-Quan Xu & Huateng Huang. 2021. A synoptic review of Gomphomastacinae (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea) from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau with a description of new species. Zootaxa 4903(2):297, 298 >> Note: key to genera
Ali, Mohd., M.K. Usmani, Naz & Mohsin Ali. 2021. Rediscovery of Gyabus Ozdikmen (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae) with redescription of Gyabus fusiformis Bey-Bienko, Ladakh, India. Munis Entomology & Zoology 16(2):1023
>> Note: key to Indian genera
Ge, J.-J., Yetchom-Fondjo, Sheng-Quan Xu & Huateng Huang. 2021. Description of three new species of Gomphomastacinae (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea) from the east of Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China. Zootaxa 5068(3):420 >> Note: key to Chinese genera
Type genus:
Gomphomastax
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898; priority for family-group names based on
Gomphomastax
dates from Gomphomastaces Burr, 1899. First use as Gomphomastacinae by Burr, 1904.
subfamily
Masynteinae
Descamps, 1973
Distribution:
Cuba
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:213 >> Note: Masynteinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:41 >> Note: Eumastacinae: Masynteini
Type genus:
Masyntes
Karsch, 1889; priority for family-group names based on
Masyntes
dates from Masynteinae Descamps, 1973. First use as Masynteinae by Descamps, 1973.
subfamily
Morseinae
Rehn, 1948
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (8):
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:114
>> Note: Morseinae
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:306
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1961. A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Monographs Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 12:126
Strohecker, Middlekauff & D.C.F. Rentz. 1968. The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey (Bull. Calif. Insect Surv.) 10:16
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):111
Descamps. 1973. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orth.) IV. Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 9(4):943
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:211 >> Note: Morseinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:42 >> Note: Eumastacinae: Morseini
Type genus:
Morsea
Scudder, S.H., 1898; priority for family-group names based on
Morsea
dates from Morseinae Rehn, J.A.G., 1948. First use as Morseinae by Rehn, J.A.G., 1948.
subfamily
Paramastacinae
Rehn & Grant, 1958
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (8):
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:308 >> Note: Paramastacinae
White, M.J.D. 1970. Karyotypes and meitotic mechanisms of some Eumastacid grasshoppers from East Africa, Madagascar, India and South America. Chromosoma 30:65
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):99
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:218 >> Note: Paramastacinae
Descamps. 1973. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orth.) IV. Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 9(4):959
Descamps. 1979. Eumastacoidea néotropicaux. Diagnoses, signalisations, notes biologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 15(1):141
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:43 >> Note: Eumastacinae: Paramastacini
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 80-83
Type genus:
Paramastax
Burr, 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Paramastax
dates from Paramastacinae Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr., 1958. First use as Paramastacinae by Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr., 1958.
subfamily
Parepisactinae
Descamps, 1971
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (6):
White, M.J.D. 1968. Karyotypes and nuclear size in the spermatogenesis of grasshoppers belonging to the subfamilies Gomphomasticinae, Chininae and Biorellinae (Orthoptera, Eumastacidae). Caryologia 21:65
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):124
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:214 >> Note: Parepisactinae
Descamps. 1979. Eumastacoidea néotropicaux. Diagnoses, signalisations, notes biologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 15(1):118
>> Note: Parepisactinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:45 >> Note: Eumastacinae: Parepisactini
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 73-74
Type genus:
Parepisactus
Giglio-Tos, 1898; priority for family-group names based on
Parepisactus
dates from Parepisactinae Descamps, 1971. First use as Parepisactinae by Descamps, 1971.
subfamily
Pseudomastacinae
Rehn & Grant, 1958
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (8):
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:313
Descamps. 1970. Revision des Pseudomastacinae (Orth. Eumastacidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 6(3):613, 616
>> Note: key to species
Descamps. 1971. Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia 11(51):99, 113
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:217 >> Note: Pseudomastacinae
Descamps. 1974. Eusmatacides du Venezuela avec quelques signalisations d'autres pays d'Amerique du Sud. (Orthoptera, Acridomorpha). Acrida 3(1):73 >> Note: Pseudomastacinae
Descamps. 1979. Eumastacoidea néotropicaux. Diagnoses, signalisations, notes biologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 15(1):136
>> Note: Pseudomastacinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:45 >> Note: Eumastacinae: Pseudomastacini
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 78
Type genus:
Pseudomastax
Bolívar, C., 1914; priority for family-group names based on
Pseudomastax
dates from Pseudomastacinae Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr., 1958. First use as Pseudomastacinae by Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr., 1958.
subfamily
Temnomastacinae
Rehn & Grant, 1958
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (6):
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1958. The phallic complex in the subfamilies of New World Eumastacidae and the family Tanaoceridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 110:315
Descamps. 1973. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orth.) IV. Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 9(4):964
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:219 >> Note: Temnomastacinae
Descamps. 1979. Eumastacoidea néotropicaux. Diagnoses, signalisations, notes biologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.) Nouvelle série 15(1):144
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:47 >> Note: Eumastacinae: Temnomastacini
Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 88
Type genus:
Temnomastax
Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn, 1942; priority for family-group names based on
Temnomastax
dates from Temnomastacinae Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr., 1958. First use as Temnomastacinae by Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr., 1958.
genus
Acutacris
Dirsh, 1966
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations:
Dirsh. 1966. New genera and species of Acridoidea from Madagascar (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología (Eos) 41(4):537 >>
Acutacris
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:40268
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:108 >> Note: subfamily uncertain >>
Acutacris
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 31 >>
Acutacris
Type species:
Acutacris viridis
Dirsh, by monotypy and original designation
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
genus
Angulomastax
Zheng, 1985
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations:
Zheng, Z. 1985. A new genus and a new species of Eumastacidae from Qinghai Province [in Chinese with English summary]. Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition) (J. Shaanxi Normal University Nat. Sci. Ed.) 1985(1):72 >>
Angulomastax
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:40266
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:108 >> Note: subfamily uncertain >>
Angulomastax
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 779 >>
Angulomastax
Qiu, S., Sheng-Quan Xu & Huateng Huang. 2021. A synoptic review of Gomphomastacinae (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea) from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau with a description of new species. Zootaxa 4903(2):298 >>
Angulomastax
Type species:
Angulomastax meiospina
Zheng, Z., by original designation
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
family
Euschmidtiidae
Rehn, 1948
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (6):
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:223
Amédégnato. 1974. Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida 3(3):130
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 24
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):2 >> Note: n. stat.
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:367
Picker, M., Griffiths & Weaving. 2005. Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa, Struik Publishers, South Africa 90
Type genus:
Euschmidtia
Karsch, 1889; priority for family-group names based on
Euschmidtia
dates from Euschmidtiinae Rehn, J.A.G., 1948. First use as Euschmidtiidae by Descamps, 1973.
subfamily
Euschmidtiinae
Rehn, 1948
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (12):
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:127
>> Note: Euschmidtiinae
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):236
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 17 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Euschmidtiinae
Descamps. 1964. Révision préliminaire des Euschmidtiinae (Orthoptera - Eumastacidae). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat.) Ser. A, Zool. 30:2, 29
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 30
White, M.J.D. 1965. Chiasmatic and achiasmatic meiosis in African Eumastacid grasshoppers. Chromosoma 16:296
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:4 >> Note: Euschmidtiidae
Descamps. 1973[1974]. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera). I Afrique. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN). Série A: Sciences Naturelles (Bull. IFAN (A)) 35(4):827 >> Note: key to genera
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:224 >> Note: Euschmidtiinae; key to genera
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 24 >> Note: Euschmidtiidae
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):475 pp. >> Note: Euschmidtiidae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:63 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Euschmidtiinae
Type genus:
Euschmidtia
Karsch, 1889; priority for family-group names based on
Euschmidtia
dates from Euschmidtiinae Rehn, J.A.G., 1948. First use as Euschmidtiinae by Rehn, J.A.G., 1948.
subfamily
Pseudoschmidtiinae
Descamps, 1964
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (8):
Descamps. 1964. Révision préliminaire des Euschmidtiinae (Orthoptera - Eumastacidae). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat.) Ser. A, Zool. 30:3, 18, 21, 74
>> Note: Eumastacidae: Pseudoschmidtiinae, subfamily nov.
Descamps & Wintrebert. 1965. Contribution a l'étude des Eumastacides malgaches (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae) II. Pseudoschmidtinae. Notes biologiques et espèces nouvelles. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat.) A Zool. 34:60
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:8 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Pseudoschmidtiinae
White, M.J.D. 1970. Karyotypes and meitotic mechanisms of some Eumastacid grasshoppers from East Africa, Madagascar, India and South America. Chromosoma 30:64
Descamps. 1971. Troisieme contribution a l'etude des Pseudoschmidtiinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacidae). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat.) (A)65:31 >> Note: Pseudoschmidtiinae, key to genera
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:226 >> Note: Pseudoschmidtiinae
Descamps. 1973[1974]. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera). I Afrique. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN). Série A: Sciences Naturelles (Bull. IFAN (A)) 35(4):851 >> Note: Pseudoschmidtiinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:65 >> Note: Euschmidtiinae: Pseudoschmidtiini
Type genus:
Pseudoschmidtia
Rehn, J.A.G. & J.W.H. Rehn, 1945; priority for family-group names based on
Pseudoschmidtia
dates from Pseudoschmidtiae Descamps, 1964. First use as Pseudoschmidtiinae by Descamps, 1964.
subfamily
Stenoschmidtiinae
Otte, 1994
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:230 >> Note: Euschmidtiidae: Stenoschmidtiinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:87 >> Note: Euschmidtiinae: Stenoschmidtiini
Type genus:
Stenoschmidtia
Descamps, 1973; priority for family-group names based on
Stenoschmidtia
dates from Stenoschmidtiini Otte, D., 1994. First use as Stenoschmidtiinae by Descamps, 1973.
family
Mastacideidae
Rehn, 1948
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:221 >> Note: Eumastacoidea: Mastacideidae
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:367 >> Note: Mastacideidae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:14 >> Note: Chorotypinae: Mastacideini
Type genus:
Mastacides
Bolívar, I., 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Mastacides
dates from Mastacideinae Rehn, J.A.G., 1948. First use as Mastacideidae by Descamps, 1973.
subfamily
Mastacideinae
Rehn, 1948
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (6):
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:115
>> Note: Eumastacidae: Mastacideinae, new subfamily
Rehn, J.A.G. & H.J. Grant Jr. 1961. A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Monographs Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 12:120 >> Note: Eumastacidae
White, M.J.D. 1970. Karyotypes and meitotic mechanisms of some Eumastacid grasshoppers from East Africa, Madagascar, India and South America. Chromosoma 30:65
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:222 >> Note: Mastacideinae: Key to genera
Descamps. 1974. Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera). II. Indo-Malaisie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie) (Bulletin Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool. 3e ser)) 237 (Zool. 161):1050
>> Note: Mastacideinae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:14 >> Note: Chorotypinae: Mastacideini
Type genus:
Mastacides
Bolívar, I., 1899; priority for family-group names based on
Mastacides
dates from Mastacideinae Rehn, J.A.G., 1948. First use as Mastacideinae by Rehn, J.A.G., 1948.
family
Morabidae
Rehn, 1948
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous, cryptic stick mimics.
Citations:
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:206-208 >> Note: Eumastacoidea: Morabidae
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:369 >> Note: Morabidae
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:50 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Morabinae
Type genus:
Moraba
Walker, F., 1870; priority for family-group names based on
Moraba
dates from Morabinae Rehn, J.A.G., 1948. First use as Morabidae by Descamps, 1973.
subfamily
Biroellinae
Bolívar, 1930
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (8):
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:XXXI, 309
>> Note: Eumastacidae: Biroellinae
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:116
Rehn, J.A.G. 1952. The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae, CSIRO, Melbourne 175 >> Note: Biroellinae
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):234
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser (Ent. Meddelelser) 34:386 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Biroellinae
White, M.J.D. 1968. Karyotypes and nuclear size in the spermatogenesis of grasshoppers belonging to the subfamilies Gomphomasticinae, Chininae and Biorellinae (Orthoptera, Eumastacidae). Caryologia 21:169
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:206
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:50 >> Note: Morabinae: Biroellini
Type genus:
Biroella
Bolívar, I., 1903; priority for family-group names based on
Biroella
dates from Biroellinae Bolívar, C., 1930. First use as Biroellinae by Bolívar, C., 1930.
subfamily
Morabinae
Rehn, 1948
Common name(s): matchstick grasshoppers
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous, cryptic stick mimics.
Citations (14):
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:110
>> Note: Morabinae, new name to replace Psednurinae Burr 1903 in part
Rehn, J.A.G. 1952. The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae, CSIRO, Melbourne 177 >> Note: Morabinae
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):235
Blackith, R.E. & R.M. Blackith. 1966. The anatomy and physiology of the Morabine grasshoppers. I. Digestive and reproductive systems. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 14:31
Blackith, R.E. & R.M. Blackith. 1966. The food of Morabine grasshoppers. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 14:877
Blackith, R.E. & R.M. Blackith. 1966. The anatomy and physiology of the morabine grasshoppers. II. External anatomy and comparisons with Pyrgomorphidae, Acrididae and Proscopiidae. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 14:1035
White, M.J.D. & Cheney. 1966. Cytogenetics of the Cultrata group of Morabine grasshoppers. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 14:821
Blackith, R.E. & R.M. Blackith. 1967. The anatomy and physiology of the morabine grasshoppers. III. Muscles, nerves, tracheae and genitalia. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 15(5):961
White, M.J.D., R.E. Blackith, R.M. Blackith & Cheney. 1967. Cytogenetics of the Viatica group of Morabine grasshoppers. I. The coastal species. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 15:263
Liana. 1972. Études sur les Proscopiidae (Orthoptera). Annales Zoologici 29(13):433
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:206, 207 >> Note: Morabidae Morabinae
Key. 1973. Psednura longicornis Sjostedt, 1920 (Insecta, Orthoptera): request for use of the plenary powers to set aside all previous lectotype designations and to designate as lectotype a syntype here specified. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 30(2):97
>> Note: Morabidae: Proposed validation
Key. 1976. A generic and supergeneric classification of the Morabinae (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae), with description of the type species and a bibliography of the subfamily. Australian Journal of Zoology (Australian J. Zool.) 37 (Suppl.):29 >> Note: Eumastacidae, Morabinae. Revision, Australia; key to genera, Australia.
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:50 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Morabinae
Type genus:
Moraba
Walker, F., 1870; priority for family-group names based on
Moraba
dates from Morabinae Rehn, J.A.G., 1948. First use as Morabinae by Rehn, J.A.G., 1948.
family
Thericleidae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:231 >> Note: Eumastacoidea: Thericleidae
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):1, 2, 55 >> Note: key to subfamilies
Kevan, D.K.M. 1982. In Parker [Ed.]. Orthoptera. Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, McGraw-Hill Book Company 2:367 >> Note: Thericleidae
Type genus:
Thericles
Stål, 1875; priority for family-group names based on
Thericles
dates from Thericleis Burr, 1899. First use as Thericleidae by Descamps, 1973.
subfamily
Afromastacinae
Descamps, 1977
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):55, 84, 86 >> Note: Trispinosi group, key to tribes and genera
Type genus:
Afromastax
Descamps, 1977; priority for family-group names based on
Afromastax
dates from Afromastacinae Descamps, 1977. First use as Afromastacinae by Descamps, 1977.
subfamily
Barythericleinae
Descamps, 1977
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):55, 57 >> Note: Trispinosi Group
Type genus:
Barythericles
Descamps, 1977; priority for family-group names based on
Barythericles
dates from Barythericleinae Descamps, 1977. First use as Barythericleinae by Descamps, 1977.
subfamily
Chromothericleinae
Descamps, 1977
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):56, 174 >> Note: Bispinosi Group: Chromothericleinae, key to genera
Type genus:
Chromothericles
Descamps, 1977; priority for family-group names based on
Chromothericles
dates from Chromothericleinae Descamps, 1977. First use as Chromothericleinae by Descamps, 1977.
subfamily
Loxicephalinae
Descamps, 1977
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):55, 169 >> Note: Trispinosi Group
Type genus:
Loxicephala
Descamps, 1977; priority for family-group names based on
Loxicephala
dates from Loxicephalinae Descamps, 1977. First use as Loxicephalinae by Descamps, 1977.
subfamily
Plagiotriptinae
Bolívar, 1914
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations:
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:xxxii
>> Note: Thericleinae in key with reference to note: Reuno bajo este nombre los Thericleinae y Plagiotriptinae
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:232 >> Note: Thericleidae: Plagiotriptinae (in press)
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):55, 58, 60 >> Note: Trispinosi group, key to tribes and genera
Type genus:
Plagiotriptus
Karsch, 1889; priority for family-group names based on
Plagiotriptus
dates from Plagiotripti Bolívar, C., 1914. First use as Plagiotriptinae by Bolívar, C., 1930.
subfamily
Thericleinae
Burr, 1899
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Herbivorous
Citations (13):
Burr. 1899. Essai sur les Eumastacides tribu des Acridiodea. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 28:79, 81, 91, 95, 278
Burr. 1904[1903]. Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 2, 17
Bolívar, C. 1930. Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:xxxii
>> Note: Thericleinae
Rehn, J.A.G. 1948. The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 100:125
>> Note: Thericleinae
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 5 >> Note: Thericleinae
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 18 >> Note: key to genera
White, M.J.D. 1965. Chiasmatic and achiasmatic meiosis in African Eumastacid grasshoppers. Chromosoma 16:272
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:32 >> Note: Eumastacidae: Thericleinae
White, M.J.D. 1970. Karyotypes and meitotic mechanisms of some Eumastacid grasshoppers from East Africa, Madagascar, India and South America. Chromosoma 30:66
Descamps. 1973. Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida 2:231, 237 >> Note: Thericleidae: Bispinosi group: Thericleinae
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 18
Descamps. 1977. Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent.) 8(216):55, 187, 188 >> Note: Bispinosi Group, key to tribes and genera
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 2:89 >> Note: Eumastacidae, Thericleinae
Type genus:
Thericles
Stål, 1875; priority for family-group names based on
Thericles
dates from Thericleis Burr, 1899. First use as Thericleinae by Burr, 1904.
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