Betiscoides | |
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Betiscoides parva | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
Family: | Lentulidae |
Subfamily: | Lentulinae |
Genus: |
Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 |
Type species | |
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923
[1]
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Betiscoides is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae.
The grasshoppers of the genus Betiscoides have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and the antennae are tapering. They are all found among the reed-like wetland plants of the genus Restio and their common name is the restio grasshoppers. [2] All three species are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. [3]
There are three species in the genus Betiscoides: [1]
Betiscoides | |
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Betiscoides parva | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
Family: | Lentulidae |
Subfamily: | Lentulinae |
Genus: |
Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 |
Type species | |
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923
[1]
|
Betiscoides is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae.
The grasshoppers of the genus Betiscoides have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and the antennae are tapering. They are all found among the reed-like wetland plants of the genus Restio and their common name is the restio grasshoppers. [2] All three species are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. [3]
There are three species in the genus Betiscoides: [1]