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Gymnoscirtetes

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Gymnoscirtetes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Dactylotini
Genus: Gymnoscirtetes
Scudder, 1897

Gymnoscirtetes is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 2 described species in Gymnoscirtetes.[1][2][3] The genus was first described in Samuel Hubbard Scudder's book Revision of the orthopteran group Melanopli (Acridiidae), with special reference to North American forms. [4]

Species

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  • G. morsei Hebard, 1918 (Morse's wingless grasshopper)
  • G. pusillus Scudder, 1897 (little wingless grasshopper)

References

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  1. ^ "Gymnoscirtetes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Gymnoscirtetes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "genus Gymnoscirtetes Scudder, 1897". Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  4. ^ Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (26 June 2024). Revision of the orthopteran group Melanopli (Acridiidae), with special reference to North American forms. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  • Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
  • Otte, Daniel (1995). "Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C". Orthoptera Species File 4, 518.

Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.