Tetrataenia is a genus of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Tetrataenia, found in South America.[1][2]
| Tetrataenia | |
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| Tetrataenia surinama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Leptysminae |
| Tribe: | Tetrataeniini |
| Genus: | Tetrataenia Stål, 1873 |
Species
editThese species belong to the genus Tetrataenia:
- Tetrataenia surinama (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Tetrataenia virgata (Gerstaecker, 1889)
References
edit- ^ "Tetrataenia". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2020). "genus Tetrataenia Stål, 1873". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
External links
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