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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Grasshoppers (Caelifera) » Pygmy Grasshoppers (Tetrigidae) » Tetriginae » Tetrix

Genus Tetrix

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa pygmy grasshopper at blacklight - Tetrix arenosa - female Pygmy grasshopper short tail ? - Tetrix Awl-shaped Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix subulata - female Tetrix brunneri ? - Tetrix subulata - male Tetrix ornata - male Awl-shaped Pygmy Grasshopper? - Tetrix subulata Obscure Pygmy Grasshopper - Tetrix arenosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Caelifera (Grasshoppers)
Family Tetrigidae (Pygmy Grasshoppers)
Subfamily Tetriginae
Genus Tetrix
Explanation of Names
Tetrix Latreille 1802
"The word Tetrix is of Greek origin, meaning grasshopper. Harris (1841) supposed that Latreille applied the term to the Tettigida from some fanciful resemblance to the heath-cock of Europe. In North America the name grouse-locusts has to some extent been applied to Tettigids in consequence of this supposed similarity."(1)
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, >150 total(2)
Print References
T. arenosa, subulata, brunneri, ornata illustrated & keyed in(3)(4)
Works Cited
1.The Tettigidae of North America
Hancock, Joseph Lane, 1864-1922. 1902. Chicago, Pub. by special grant of Mrs. Frank G. Logan.
2.Orthoptera Species File Online
3.Orthoptera of Michigan
Roger Bland. 2003. Michigan State University Extension.
4.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 May, 2005 - 10:47am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 27 September, 2023 - 9:21pm

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