Lathiceridae
Batrachidacris rubridens (Uvarov, 1929)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Lathiceridae
Dirsh, 1954[1]

The Lathiceridae are a family of grasshoppers, in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera.[2] Species in this family can be found in the desert regions of southern Africa where they resemble the stony ground on which they live. They are characterized by their apterous (wingless) bodies, which are dorsoventrally depressed and often excessively widened in the metathoracic region, giving them a spindle-like appearance. Their integument is sculptured and rugose, and their coloration varies from white to brown and purple, harmonizing with the color of the substratum on which they live.[3]

Genera

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[4]

  • Batrachidacris Uvarov, 1939
  • Crypsicerus Saussure, 1888
  • Lathicerus Saussure, 1888

References

  1. ↑ Dirsh, 1954 : Lathicerinae, a new subfamily of Acrididae (Orthoptera). Annals & Magazine of Natural History Series, vol. 12 [7], 670-672.
  2. ↑ 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. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Terskov, E.N. "A review of the fauna and Bionomics of grasshoppers (orthoptera: Acridoidea) of the ciscaucasia". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 16 (1). doi:10.23885/181433262020161-102123.
  4. ↑ Orthoptera Species File (31 March 2010)
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