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family

Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

gaudy grasshoppers

Type

Truxalis (Pyrgomorpha) Serville, 1838 type genus of Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

Nomenclature (52)

  • Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

    type genus Truxalis (Pyrgomorpha) Serville, 1838

  • Pyrgomorphiden Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874: 227. (not Latin)

    type genus Truxalis (Pyrgomorpha) Serville, 1838

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  • Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 1.
  • Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874 in Cueva del Castillo, Sanabria-Urbán, Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2024

Nomenclature references (49)

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  • Akbar, S.S. (1968) Systematic history of the family Pyrgomorphidae (Acridoidea, Orthoptera). Sind University Research Journal (Science Series), 3(2), 121–129.
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  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1874) Ueber Systematik der Orthoptera und die Recensio orthopterorum von C. Stal. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 24, 225–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95525
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) Prodromus der europäischen Orthopteren. Engelmann, Leipzig, XXXII + 466 pp., XI tab. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=35024
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • Cueva del Castillo, R., Sanabria-Urbán, S., Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2024) Annual temperature, body size, and sexual size dimorphism in the evolution of Pyrgomorphidae. Ecology and Evolution, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70188
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  • 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
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) The Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Madagascar III. Pyrgomorphidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 14, 51–103. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19401#page/65/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1975) In Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects. E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon. 1–171 pp.
  • Eades, D.C. (2000) Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 181–210.
  • Flook, P.K. & Rowell, C.H.F. (1997) The phylogeny of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) as deduced from mtrRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 8, 89–103.
  • 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.
  • Harz, K. (1975) Die Orthopteren Europas II. Series Entomologica, 11, 1–939.
  • Iczn (1971) Opinion 969. Poekilocerus Audinet-Serville, 1831 (Insecta, Orthoptera): Designation of a type-species under the plenary powers together with validation of Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 28(3/4), 88–91. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12224617#page/109/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Akbar, S.S. (1964) The Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), their systematics, tribal divisions and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1505–1536.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) The Pyrgomorphidae of South America (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 92, 557–584.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1975) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea). Supplement (including illustrations of some previously unfigured types). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 50(1-4), 69–83. [1974] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/165490
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1978) The American Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 36(1-4), 3–28. [1977] Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/41722
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1969) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae. Part I. General introduction. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 44, 165–266. [1968] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/163837
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1970) Concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acrid.) Part II. Tribes Fijipyrjini, Verduliini, Bruniellini, Psednurini, Mitricephalini, Geloiini, Sagittacridini, Gymnohippini & Malagasphenini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 45, 173–227. [1969] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164238
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1972) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth.: Acridoidea) Part IV. Tribes Desmopterini, Monistriini, Chlorizeinini, Peokilocerini and Phymateini. Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 47, 137–234. [1971] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164654
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1975) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth.: Acridoidea). Part VI. (Conclusion). Tribes Pyrgomorphini and Chrotogonini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 49, 131–218. [1973] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/165215
  • Kumar, H., Usmani, M.K. & Kumari, R. (2014) Taxonomic significance of male supra-anal plate, cerci and subgenital plate in the classification of Indian Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphoidea). Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 16(1). Available at http://www.entomol.org/journal/index.php?journal=JERS&page=article&op=viewArticle&path[]=542
  • Liu, X., Zhang, J., Ma, E.-bo & Guo, Y.-ping (2005) Studies on the phylogenetic relationship of Acridoidea based on the male follicle morphology (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Oriental Insects, 39, 21–32.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2018) Phylogeny of the grasshopper family Pyrgomorphidae (Caelifera, Orthoptera) based on morphology. Systematic Entomology, 43(1), 90–108. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12251/full
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  • Mariño-Pérez, R. (2015) Type diversity of Pyrgomorphidae. Metaleptea, 35(2), 16–21. Available at http://140.247.96.247/orthsoc/pdf/met_35_2.pdf
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  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) In The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society. 611 pp.
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  • Shishodia, M.S. (2000) Short and long-horned grasshoppers and crickets of Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 98(1), 27–80.
  • Shishodia, M.S., Dey, A. & Tandon, S.K. (2003) Insecta: Orthoptera: Acridoidea and Eumastacoidea. In Zoological Survey of India State Fauna Series. Vol. 2, pp. 165–192. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/sfs/045/index.pdf
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  • Xi, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1986) A numerical taxonomic study of Pyrgomorphidae and Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 3, 47–54. [in Chinese]
  • Xu, S.-Q., Li, H. & Zheng, Z.-M. (2003) Cladistic study on Chrotogonidae and Pyrgomorphidae from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 28(3), 381–384.
  • Yin, H., Zhang, D.-C., Bi, Z., Yin, Z., Liu, Y. & Yin, X.-C. (2003) Molecular phylogeny of some species of the Acridoidea based on 16S rDNA. Acta Genetica Sinica, 30(8), 766–772.
  • Zahid, S., Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2021) Molecular phylogeny of the grasshopper family Pyrgomorphidae (Caelifera, Orthoptera) reveals rampant paraphyly and convergence of traditionally used taxonomic characters. Zootaxa, 4969(1), 101–118.
  • Zahid, S., Mariño-Pérez, R., Amehmood, S.A., Muhammad, K. & Song, H. (2020) An illustrated key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region. Zootaxa, 4895(3), 381–397.

Descendants and synonyms

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Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
family211
subfamily321
tribe653134
subtribe24204
infratribe330
genus22815177
subgenus501832
species1118490628
subspecies548110438