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subfamily

Trigonidiinae Saussure, 1874

trigs; leaf-running crickets; sword-tail crickets; sword-tailed crickets

Type

Trigonidium Rambur, 1838 type genus of Trigonidiinae Saussure, 1874

Nomenclature (45)

  • Trigonidiinae Saussure, 1874

    type genus Trigonidium Rambur, 1838

  • Trigonidini Saussure, 1874 (not Latin)

    type genus Trigonidium Rambur, 1838

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  • Trigonidiinae Saussure, 1874 in Hegg, 2024: 19.
  • Trigonidiinae Saussure, 1874 in Zheng, Wang, Jing, Yuan, He & Ma, 2025

Nomenclature references (39)

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Descendants and synonyms

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RankExtantFossilInvalid Total
subfamily1034
tribe2024
genus4912777
subgenus701724
superspecies5005
species66676041277
subspecies1403448