Tripetalocera is a genus of Asian groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887;[1] the genus was described in 1834 by John Obadiah Westwood.[2]
| Tripetalocera | |
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| Tripetalocera ferruginea pair | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripetalocerinae |
| Tribe: | Tripetalocerini |
| Genus: | Tripetalocera Westwood, 1834 |
| Species: | T. ferruginea
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| Binomial name | |
| Tripetalocera ferruginea Westwood, 1834
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Species
editTripetalocera is now considered monotypic with Tripetalocera ferruginea Westwood the type species. To date, it has a discontinuous known distribution in western India and Malesia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Orthoptera Species File Tripetalocera Westwood, 1834 (retrieved 29 August 2024)
- ^ Westwood JO (1834) Insectorum Arachnoidumque novorum Decades duo. Zool. Jour. , 5, 440–453, pl.22, Fig. 3. Available here
External links
editMedia related to Tripetalocera at Wikimedia Commons
- Images at iNaturalist