Trigonopterygoidea Explained

The Trigonopterygoidea are an insect superfamily in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.^[1] Sometimes described as leaf grasshoppers, American species in the Xyronotidae have also been called razor-backed bush-hoppers.^[2]

Families and distribution

The Orthoptera Species File lists two families:^[1]

• Trigonopterygidae Walker, 1870: found in south and south-east Asia

1. subfamily Borneacridinae Kevan, 1952
2. subfamily Trigonopteryginae Walker, 1870

• Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909: found in Central America north to Mexico^[3]

1. genus Axyronotus Dirsh & Mason, 1979
2. genus Xyronotus Saussure, 1884

References

1. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1120007 Orthoptera Species File
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1120008 Orthoptera species file: Xyronotidae
3. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=9427 Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 30 March 2010)

External links

• • • Web site: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.. 24 September 2012 . Roskov Y. . Kunze T. . Orrell T. . Abucay L. . Paglinawan L. . Culham A. . Bailly N. . Kirk P. . Bourgoin T. . Baillargeon G. . Decock W. . De Wever A. . Didžiulis V.. 2011. Species 2000: Reading, UK..
• ITIS: Trigonopterygoidea
• ADW: Trigonopterygoidea