Trigonopterygoidea
{{short description|Superfamily of grasshoppers}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
|name=Trigonopterygoidea
|image=Leaf Grasshopper (Systella sp.) (8742072742).jpg
|image_caption=Leaf grasshopper (Systella sp.) from Malaysia
|taxon=Trigonopterygoidea
|authority=Walker, 1870Walker F (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. vol. 3 Locustidae (contd.), Acrididae. British Museum, London, p. 425-604.
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The Trigonopterygoidea are an insect superfamily in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1120007 Orthoptera Species File] (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 20 December 2022) Sometimes described as leaf grasshoppers, American species in the Xyronotidae have also been called razor-backed bush-hoppers.[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1120008 Orthoptera species file: Xyronotidae]
Families and distribution
The Orthoptera Species File lists two families:
- Trigonopterygidae Walker, 1870: found in south and south-east Asia
- subfamily Borneacridinae Kevan, 1952
- subfamily Trigonopteryginae Walker, 1870
- Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909: found in Central America north to Mexico[http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9427 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 30 March 2010)]
- genus Axyronotus Dirsh & Mason, 1979
- genus Xyronotus Saussure, 1884
References
External links
- {{commonscat inline|Trigonopterygoidea}}
- {{Wikispecies inline|Trigonopterygoidea|Trigonopterygoidea}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/trigonopterygoidea/match/1|title=Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|accessdate=24 September 2012 |author=Roskov Y. |author2=Kunze T. |author3=Orrell T. |author4=Abucay L. |author5=Paglinawan L. |author6=Culham A. |author7=Bailly N. |author8=Kirk P. |author9=Bourgoin T. |author10=Baillargeon G. |author11=Decock W. |author12=De Wever A. |editor=Didžiulis V.|year=2011|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.}}
- [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=657461#null ITIS: Trigonopterygoidea]
- [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Trigonopterygoidea/classification/ ADW: Trigonopterygoidea]
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