Esselenia is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Esselenia, E. vanduzeei.[1][2][3][4]
| Esselenia | |
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| Esselenia vanduzeei vanduzeei, California, USA | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Genus: | Esselenia Hebard, 1920 |
| Species: | E. vanduzeei
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| Binomial name | |
| Esselenia vanduzeei Hebard, 1920
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Esselenia vanduzeei has two described subspecies:
- Esselenia vanduzeei vanduzeei Hebard, 1920
- Esselenia vanduzeei violae Rentz, 1966
References
edit- ^ "Esselenia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Esselenia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Esselenia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Esselenia Hebard, 1920". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
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Media related to Esselenia at Wikimedia Commons
- Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.
- Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
- Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
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