subfamily

Morabinae Rehn, 1948

matchstick grasshoppers

Type

Moraba Walker, 1870 type genus of Morabinae Rehn, 1948

Nomenclature (14)

  • Morabinae Rehn, 1948: 110.

    type genus Moraba Walker, 1870

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

Nomenclature references (14)

  • 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.
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  • Blackith, R.E. & Blackith, R.M. (1966) The food of Morabine grasshoppers. Australian Journal of Zoology, 14, 877–894.
  • 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.
  • Descamps, M. (1973) Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida, 2, 161–298.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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) In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. CSIRO, Melbourne. 1–326 pp.
  • White, M.J.D. & Cheney, J. (1966) Cytogenetics of the Cultrata group of Morabine grasshoppers. Australian Journal of Zoology, 14, 821–834.
  • 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.
Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Herbivorous, cryptic stick mimics.

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
subfamily110
tribe550
genus42411
species1379542