The Tropidopolinae[1] are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia.
| Tropidopolinae | |
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| Tropidopola cylindrica | |
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| Chloroxyrrhepes virescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Infraorder: | Acrididea |
| Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Tropidopolinae Jacobson in Jacobson & Bianchi, 1905 |
Tribes and genera
editThe Orthoptera Species File lists two tribes, with the following:[2]
Tristriini
editAuthority: Mishchenko 1945
- Tristria Stål, 1873 – equatorial Africa and Asia (including Indo-China and Sulawesi)
- Tristriella Descamps & Wintrebert, 1967 - Madagascar
Tropidopolini
editAuthority: Jacobson 1905
- Tropidopola Stål, 1873 – central – northern Africa, southern Europe; Asia: near East, India up to Siberia
tribe unassigned
edit- Afroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – equatorial Africa
- Chloroxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1943 – west Africa
- Dabba (insect) Uvarov, 1933 - Iran
- Homoxyrrhepes Uvarov, 1926 - Africa
- Limnippa Uvarov, 1941 - monotypic: E. Africa
- Mesopsilla Ramme, 1929 - monotypic: Congo
- Musimoja Uvarov, 1953 - monotypic: Angola
- Neooxyrrhepes Khan & Usmani, 2019 - monotypic: Assam
- Petamella Giglio-Tos, 1907 - Africa
- Pseudotristria Dirsh, 1961 – southern Africa
References
edit- ^ Jacobson & Bianchi (1902-1905) Orthoptera and Pseudoneuroptera of the Russian Empire. Priamokrylyia i lozhnostchatokrylyia Rossiiskoi imperii.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (2 February 2018)
External links
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Media related to Tropidopolinae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Tropidopolinae at Wikispecies
