Austroicetes

Austroicetes
Southern Austroicetes (A. frater)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Genus: Austroicetes
White, M.J.D. & Key 1957[1]

Austroicetes is a genus in the subfamily Oedipodinae and family Acrididae.[1] Members of the genus typically feed on grass and herbs.[2]

Species

Species in the genus include:[1]

  • Austroicetes arida
  • Austroicetes concolor
  • Austroicetes cruciata (Small Plague Locust)
  • Austroicetes frater (Southern Austroicetes)
  • Austroicetes interioris (Inland Austroicetes)
  • Austroicetes nullarborensis
  • Austroicetes plana
  • Austroicetes pusilla (Confusing Austroicetes)
  • Austroicetes tenuicornis
  • Austroicetes tricolor (Northern Austroicetes)
  • Austroicetes vulgaris (Southeastern Austroicetes)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Austroicetes (Genus)". BayScience Foundation. May 5, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  2. Daley, Elizabeth (2007). Wings: An introduction to Tasmania's winged insects. Riffles Pty Ltd.


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