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Genus Tettigidea

Representative Images

Tetrigidae - Tettigidea Tetrigidae lateralis pair? - Tettigidea - male - female I am thinking Tettigidea, a pygmy grasshopper ... subject to being wrong, of course ... - Tettigidea - female Tettigidea lateralis - Black-sided Pygmy Grasshopper? - Tettigidea lateralis Tettigidea lateralis - female Pygmy Grasshopper - Tettigidea Tetriginae sp. - 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
Genus Tettigidea

Explanation of Names

Tettigidea Scudder 1862

Numbers

5 spp. in our area, ~30 total(1)

Size

8-16 mm

Identification

see (2)

Range

New World(1)

Habitat

Mostly wet areas

Remarks

T. empedonepia (the Neotenic, or Torreya Pygmy Grasshopper) is local (FL) and rare

Works Cited

1.Orthoptera Species File Online
2.How to Know the Grasshoppers, Cockroaches, and Their Allies
Jacques R. Helfer. 1962. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 December, 2004 - 6:42am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 31 January, 2023 - 6:20pm

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