genus

Netrosoma Scudder, 1897

Type

type species by original designation of

Netrosoma Scudder, 1897: 16.
type species by original designation Netrosoma fusiformis Scudder, 1897
Netrosoma Scudder, 1897 (classified as Melanoplini Scudder, 1897) in Roberts, 1947: 202.
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Netrosoma Scudder, 1897 in Chintauan-Marquier, Jordan, Berthier, Amédégnato & Pompanon, 2011
Netrosoma Scudder, 1897 (classified as Melanoplini Scudder, 1897) in Otte, 2025: 373.

Chintauan-Marquier, I.C., Jordan, S., Berthier, P., Amédégnato, C. & Pompanon, F. (2011) Evolutionary history and taxonomy of a short-horned grasshopper subfamily: The Melanoplinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 58, 22–32. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790310003015
Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
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Scudder, S.H. (1897) Revision of the Orthopteran group Melanopli (Acrididae) with special reference to North American forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 20(1124), 1–421. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/revisionoforthop00scudrich
Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Greek νήτρον, a spindle, and σῶμα, body, alluding to the subfusiform shape of the body.