Proscopiinae

Proscopiinae[1] is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. There are more than 20 genera and 190 described species,[2] found in South America.[3]

Proscopiinae
Proscopia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Proscopioidea
Family: Proscopiidae
Subfamily: Proscopiinae
Serville, 1838
Tribes & Genera

See text:

  • Proscopiini Serville, 1838
  • Tetanorhynchini Bentos-Pereira, 2003

Tribes and genera

Two tribes have been identified, with the following genera assigned to the subfamily Proscopiinae:[3]

Proscopiini
Pseudoproscopia scabra
  • Albascopia Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015
  • Apioscelis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  • Carbonellis Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  • Milenascopia Queiroz & Rafael, 2019
  • Paraproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006
  • Prosarthria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  • Proscopia Klug, 1820
  • Pseudoproscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2006

Tetanorhynchini
Tetanorhynchus punctatus
  • Cephalocoema Serville, 1838
  • Mariascopia Bentos-Pereira, 2003
  • Orienscopia Bentos-Pereira, 2000
  • Pseudastroma Jago, 1990
  • Scleratoscopia Jago, 1990
  • Tetanorhynchus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1890
  • Wattenwylscopia Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015

Tribe not determined
Stiphra sp., giant jumping stick

References
  1. Serville JGA (1838)[1839] Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 565, 570.
  2. "Proscopiinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2022). "subfamily Proscopiinae Serville, 1838". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2022-12-19.

Further reading
  • Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 978-1-889002-04-0.
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