Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838
- Dataset
- Orthoptera Species File
- Rank
- FAMILY
- Published in
- Rambur. 1838. Orthoptères. Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie 2:12-94
Classification
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Tetrigidae
ecology
Herbivorous, feeding mostly on algae and bryophytes; terrestrial, riparian and semi-aquatic species.
habitat
Terrestrial.
Name
- Synonyms
- Acrydiinae Krauss, 1902
- Tetricidae Rambur, 1838
- Tetricidites Rambur, 1838
- Tetridides Rambur, 1838
- Tettigidae Stål, 1873
- Tettiginae Stål, 1873
- Homonyms
- Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838
- Common names
- Dornschrecken in German
- grouse locusts in English
- pygmy grasshoppers in English
Bibliographic References
- Balderson & X.-C. Yin. 1987. Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea and Acridoidea) collected in Nepal. Entomologist's Gazette 38:269
- Bazyluk. 1958. Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of Poland. Fragm. faun. Mus. zool. Polon. 7:379-409, 5 pls.
- Benediktov. 2005. Vibratory signals in the family Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) [in Russian]. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society 76:131-140
- Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko. 1951. Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1964 English translation no. 40]. Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries, Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad 2:86
- Blackith, R.E. 1992. Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography, JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland xix
- Bland. 2003. The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets, Michigan State University Extension 37
- Blatchley. 1920. Orthoptera of northeastern America with special reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida, Nature Publishing Co., Indianapolis pp. 148
- Bolívar, I. 1876. Sinopsis de los Ortópteros de España y Portugal. Segunda parte. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 5:366
- Brooks, A.R. 1958. Acridoidea of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Orthoptera). Canadian Entomologist (Canadian Ent.) 90(suppl. 9):61-63
- Bruner, L. 1910. South American Tetrigidae. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 7:89
- Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona. 2015. Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea) 450-483
- Defaut [Ed.]. 2001. La détermination des Orthoptères de France, Defaut, Bedeilhac 34, 35
- Devriese. 1991. Contribution à l'étude des Tetrigidae de Madagascar (Orthoptera). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie (Bull. Ann. Soc. entom. Belg.) 127(5-6):121
- Devriese. 1993. La position systématique de Mishtshenkotetrix Harz, 1973 et Uvarovitettix Bazyluk & Kis, 1960 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie (Bull. Ann. Soc. entom. Belg.) 129(4-6):108
- Devriese. 1996. Bijdrage tot de systematiek, morfologie en biologie van de West-Palearktische Tetrigidae. Nieuwsbrief / Lettre de contact Saltabel (Nieuwsbrief Saltabel) 15:1-38
- Grant Jr., H.J. 1957. Designation of the lectotypes and lectoallotypes of the Neotropical tetrigid species in Carnegie Museum as described by Lawrence Bruner (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 35:37-40
- Günther, K. 1959[1958]. Die Tetrigidae (Orthopt., Caelifera) von Madagaskar mit einer Erörterung ihrer zoogeographischen Beziehungen und ihrer phylogenetischen Verwandtschaften. Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.) (Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Völkerkd., (A) Zool. (N.F.)) Ent. 24:5
- Günther, K. 1979. Die Tetrigoidea von Afrika südlich der Sahara (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 29(1):74
- Hancock, J.L. 1902. Tettigidae of North America, Chicago 34
- Hancock, J.L. 1907. Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. Genera Insectorum, P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles 48:1-79, pl. 1-4