Tanaoceridae

Tanaoceridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Infraorder: Acrididea
Informal group: Acridomorpha
Superfamily: Tanaoceroidea
Rehn, 1948
Family: Tanaoceridae
Rehn, 1948[1]
Synonyms
  • Mohavacrinae Tinkham, 1955
  • Tanaocerotinae Rehn, 1948
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The Tanaoceridae are an insect family in the monotypic superfamily Tanaoceroidea in the suborder Caelifera.[2][3] They are sometimes called desert long-horned grasshoppers.[4]

  1. ^ Rehn (1948) The locust genus Tanaocerus as found in the United States, and the description of a related new genus (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, vol. 100, p. 1-22.
  2. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "superfamily Tanaoceroidea Rehn, 1948". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference COL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "namefamily Tanaoceridae Rehn, 1948". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 30 December 2018.