Genus Stenacris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

Glassy-winged Toothpick Grasshopper - Stenacris vitreipennis

Glassy-winged Toothpick Grasshopper - Stenacris vitreipennis - Stenacris vitreipennis

unknown grasshopper - Stenacris vitreipennis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)

Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)

Family Acrididae (Short-horned Grasshoppers)

Subfamily Leptysminae

Genus Stenacris

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Moved from subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae at BugGuide on 31 January 2008. Placement in subfamily Leptysminae follows the classification used in the Orthoptera Species File here; see Taxonomy Proposals forum topic on "Orthoptera" here.

Capinera (1) places this under subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae.

Explanation of Names

Author of genus is F. Walker, 1870.

Numbers

nearctica.com lists one specis: vitreipennis.

Print References

Capinera, p. 147 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide To Grasshoppers, Katydids, And Crickets Of The United States By John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott, Thomas J. Walker

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 27 January, 2006 - 3:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod
Last updated 31 January, 2008 - 8:09pm

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