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Orthoptera Species File
Subfamily

Morabinae Rehn, 1948

matchstick grasshoppers

Type

type genus of Morabinae Rehn, 1948

Nomenclature (14)

  • Morabinae Rehn, 1948: 110.

    type genus Moraba Walker, 1870

  • Morabinae Rehn, 1948 in Rehn, 1952: 177.
  • Morabinae Rehn, 1948 in Key, 1976: 29.
  • Morabinae Rehn, 1948 in Otte, 1994: 50.

References (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, 100, 77–139. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=w4Y4UsJXKHwC
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1952) The Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. CSIRO, Melbourne, 1–326 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Blackith, R.E. & Blackith, R.M. (1966) The anatomy and physiology of the Morabine grasshoppers. I. Digestive and reproductive systems. Australian Journal of Zoology, 14, 31–48.
  • Blackith, R.E. & Blackith, R.M. (1966) The anatomy and physiology of the morabine grasshoppers. II. External anatomy and comparisons with Pyrgomorphidae, Acrididae and Proscopiidae. Australian Journal of Zoology, 14, 1035–1071.
  • Blackith, R.E. & Blackith, R.M. (1966) The food of Morabine grasshoppers. Australian Journal of Zoology, 14, 877–894.
  • White, M.J.D. & Cheney, J. (1966) Cytogenetics of the Cultrata group of Morabine grasshoppers. Australian Journal of Zoology, 14, 821–834.
  • Blackith, R.E. & Blackith, R.M. (1967) The anatomy and physiology of the morabine grasshoppers. III. Muscles, nerves, tracheae and genitalia. Australian Journal of Zoology, 15(5), 961–998.
  • White, M.J.D., Blackith, R.E., Blackith, R.M. & Cheney, J. (1967) Cytogenetics of the Viatica group of Morabine grasshoppers. I. The coastal species. Australian Journal of Zoology, 15, 263–302.
  • Liana, A. (1972) Études sur les Proscopiidae (Orthoptera). Annales Zoologici, Warszaw, 29(13), 381–459. Available at http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/2352/edition/46224/content?ref=struct
  • Descamps, M. (1973) Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida, 2, 161–298.
  • Key, K.H.L. (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. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 30(2), 97–99. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44472#page/119/mode/1up
  • Key, K.H.L. (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, 37 (Suppl.), 1–185, 318 figs.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 2. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A Eumastacoidea Trigonopterygoidea Pneumoroidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 162 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Subfamily1001
Tribe5005
Genus410142
Species95043138