Paroxya

Paroxya
Paroxya clavuliger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Orthoptera
Family:Acrididae
Tribe:Melanoplini
Genus:Paroxya
Scudder, 1877

Paroxya is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about eight described species in Paroxya.[1][2][3][4][5]

Paroxya clavuliger

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Paroxya:

  • Paroxya atlantica Scudder, 1877 i c g b (Atlantic grasshopper)
  • Paroxya bermudensis Rehn, J.A.G., 1909 c g
  • Paroxya clavuliger (Serville, 1839) i b (olive-green swamp grasshopper)
  • Paroxya clavuligera (Serville, 1838) c g
  • Paroxya dissimilis Morse, 1905 c g
  • Paroxya hoosieri (Blatchley, 1892) i c g
  • Paroxya paroxyoides (Scudder, 1897) i c g
  • Paroxya recta Scudder, 1877 i c g

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Paroxya Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Paroxya". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. 1 2 "Paroxya". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. 1 2 "Paroxya Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. "Orthoptera Species File Online". Retrieved 2018-04-26.

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.
  • Knowles, L.Lacey; Otte, D. (2000). "Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 421–431. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0421:PAOMGF]2.0.CO;2.

  • Media related to Paroxya at Wikimedia Commons


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