Calliptaminae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Orthoptera
Subordo: Caelifera
Infraordo: Acrididea
Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamilia: Calliptaminae
Genera (12): Acorypha – Bosumia – Braxyxenia – Calliptamus – Damaracris – Indomerus – Palaciosa – Paracaloptenus – Peripolus – Sphodromerus – Sphodronotus – Stobbea

Name

Calliptaminae Jacobson, 1905
Synonyms

Calliptami Jacobson, 1905
Caloptenidae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Calopteninae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
Calliptamini Jacobson, 1905
Calopteni Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893

References

Massa, B. 2017. New and interesting Orthoptera from the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. ZooKeys 679: 37—46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.679.11967 Open access Reference page.
Gupta, S.K., Chandra, K. & Dang, Y. 2018. Brachyxenia subtruncata sp. nov. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Calliptaminae), a new short-horned grasshopper species from India. Zootaxa 4433(2): 397–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.13 Paywall Reference page.

Links

https://web.archive.org/
https://web.archive.org/ Catalogue of Life: 29th November 2018 edition

Calliptaminae is a subfamily of grasshoppers.

Genera include:[1]

Acorypha Krauss, 1877
Bosumia Ramme, 1929
Braxyxenia Kirby, 1914
Calliptamus Serville, 1831
Damaracris Brown, 1972
Indomerus Dirsh, 1951
Palaciosa Bolívar, 1930
Paracaloptenus Bolívar, 1876
Peripolus Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898
Sphodromerus Stål, 1873
Sphodronotus Uvarov, 1943
Stobbea Ramme, 1929

References

David C. Eades; Daniel Otte. Orthoptera Species File Online. (Version 5.0/5.0) Archived 2018-10-02 at the Wayback Machine