Psiloscirtus is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about seven described species in Psiloscirtus, found in Central and South America.[1][2]
| Psiloscirtus | |
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| Psiloscirtus apterus, Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Ommatolampidinae |
| Tribe: | Abracrini |
| Genus: | Psiloscirtus Bruner, 1911 |
Species
editThese seven species belong to the genus Psiloscirtus:
- Psiloscirtus apterus (Scudder, 1875) (Ecuador and Peru)
- Psiloscirtus bolivianus (Bruner, 1920) (Bolivia)
- Psiloscirtus debilis (Rehn, 1913) (Ecuador)
- Psiloscirtus flavipes (Giglio-Tos, 1898) (Colombia and Ecuador)
- Psiloscirtus olivaceus Bruner, 1911 (Brazil)
- Psiloscirtus peruvianus (Bruner, 1910) (Peru)
- Psiloscirtus splendidus Hebard, 1923 (Colombia)
References
edit- ^ "Psiloscirtus". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2021). "genus Psiloscirtus Bruner, 1911". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
External links
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