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Subfamily Batrachideinae

Slant-faced Grasshopper? - Tettigidea lateralis - female Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper - Tettigidea lateralis - female Dark colored pygmy grasshopper - Tettigidea armata - female Which dark grasshopper? - Tettigidea - female Bronze-Colored Grasshopper/Cricket - Tettigidea Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper (Tettigidea lateralis)? - Tettigidea Tettigidea lateralis - male
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 Batrachideinae
Explanation of Names
Batrachideinae Bolívar 1887
Numbers
6 spp. in 2 genera in our area, ~100 spp. in 19 genera total(1)
Range
pantropical; in our area, e. half of the US + AZ(1)
Remarks
genus not yet in the guide: Paxilla Bolívar 1887, 4 spp. total, just one in our area, P. obesa (Scudder 1877) -- se US (MD-FL-LA)(2)