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Family

Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838

pygmy grasshoppers; Dornschrecken; grouse locusts

Type

type genus of Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838

Nomenclature (59)

  • Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838

    type genus Tetrix Latreille, 1802

  • Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 in Bruner, 1910: 89.
  • Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 in Kasalo, Skejo & Husemann, 2023: 2.
  • Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 in Silva, Domenico, Pereira, Tan, Damit, Japir, Chung, Nuñeza, Cadena-Castañeda & Muhammad, 2026

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Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Superfamily0000
Family1001
Subfamily1001929
Tribe3712765
Subtribe3025
Infratribe1001
Genus31811150479
Subgenus1001222
Superspecies300131
Species20531520304098
Subspecies490149198