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Orthoptera Species File
Family

Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909

razor-backed bush-hoppers

Type

type genus of Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909

Nomenclature (14)

  • Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909

    type genus Xyronotus Saussure, 1884

  • Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909 in Dirsh, 1955: 286.
  • Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909 in Song, 2018: 267.
  • Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909 in Mariño-Pérez & Sanabria-Urbán, 2022

References (14)

  • Bolívar, I. (1909) Orthoptera Fam. Acrididae. Subfam. Pyrgomorphinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 90, 1–58 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138363#page/7/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1955) Tanaoceridae and Xyronotidae: Two new families of Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8(88), 285–288.
  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 10(9), 351–419. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2242565
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London, Vol. 1, 481 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfam. Trigonopterygoidea (Fam. Trigonopterygidae). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 15, 1–20 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. & Mason, J.B. (1979) Systematic and phylogenetic position of the family Xyronotidae (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 17(3), 201–210.
  • Marshall, J.A. (1981) A supplementary note on the family Xyronotidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Acrida, 10(3), 1113–1116.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Eades, D.C. (2000) Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 181–210.
  • Flook, P.K., Klee, S. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2000) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Pneumoroidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera): molecular data resolve morphological character conflicts in the basal Acridomorpha. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 15(3), 345–354.
  • Song, H. (2018) 10 Biodiversity of Orthoptera. In Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 245–279 pp.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Sanabria-Urbán, S. (2022) Razor-backed bush-hoppers (Xyronotidae): diurnal or nocturnal? Metaleptea, 42(3), 17–19. Available at http://orthsoc.org/publications/metaleptea/

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
Family1001
Subfamily1001
Tribe1012
Genus2002
Species4004