Podismini is a tribe of "spur-throated grasshoppers" in the family Acrididae. This tribe is unlike others in the subfamily Melanoplinae in that genera are found throughout the northern hemisphere, with a substantial number occurring outside the Americas (although there are about 12 in N. America[1]).

Podismini
Podisma amedegnatoae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Podismini
Jacobson, 1905
Synonyms
  • Genimenini Li & Yin, 2009
  • Parapodisminae Inoue, 1985
  • Podisminae Jacobson, 1905
  • Primnoae Rehn & Randell, 1963
  • Prumnini Mayer, 2004

Subtribes and genera

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The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following:

subtribe Miramellina

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Auth.: Rehn & Randell, 1963; mainland Europe, China, Korea, Japan

 
Miramella alpina

subtribe Podismina

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Auth.: Jacobson, 1905; N. America, Europe, Asia through to Japan

 
Odontopodisma sp.

subtribe Tonkinacridina

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Auth.: Ito, 2015; Asia

genus group Bradynotae

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Auth.: Rehn & Randell, 1963; N. America, E. Asia

See also

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  • List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
  • 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.

References

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  1. ^ Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press
  2. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 21 December 2018)
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