Heliastus

Heliastus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Acrididae
Tribe:Hippiscini
Genus:Heliastus
Saussure, 1884

Heliastus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 11 described species in Heliastus.[1][2][3][4][5]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Heliastus:

  • Heliastus azteca (Saussure, 1884) i
  • Heliastus aztecus Saussure, 1884 c g
  • Heliastus benjamini Caudell, 1905 i c g b (arroyo grasshopper)
  • Heliastus cirrhoides Otte, D., 1984 c g
  • Heliastus guanieri Caudell, 1903 c g
  • Heliastus infrequens Otte, D., 1984 c g
  • Heliastus obesus Saussure, 1884 c g
  • Heliastus rubellus Otte, D., 1984 c g
  • Heliastus rufipennis Liebermann, 1945 c g
  • Heliastus subroseus Caudell, 1904 i c g b (rose-wing beach grasshopper)
  • Heliastus sumichrasti (Saussure, 1861) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Heliastus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Heliastus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. 1 2 "Heliastus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  4. 1 2 "Heliastus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-23.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
  • Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
  • Otte, Daniel (1984). The North American Grasshoppers, volume II, Acrididae, Oedipodinae. Harvard. ISBN 0674626613.


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