Podismini is a tribe of "spur-throated grasshoppers" in the family Acrididae. This tribe is unlike others in the subfamily Melanoplinae in that genera are found throughout the northern hemisphere, with a substantial number occurring outside the Americas (although there are about 12 in N. America[1]).

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Podismini
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Podisma amedegnatoae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Melanoplinae
Tribe: Podismini
Jacobson, 1905
Synonyms
  • Genimenini Li & Yin, 2009
  • Parapodisminae Inoue, 1985
  • Podisminae Jacobson, 1905
  • Primnoae Rehn & Randell, 1963
  • Prumnini Mayer, 2004
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Subtribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists the following:

subtribe Miramellina

Auth.: Rehn & Randell, 1963; mainland Europe, China, Korea, Japan

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Miramella alpina

subtribe Podismina

Auth.: Jacobson, 1905; N. America, Europe, Asia through to Japan

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Odontopodisma sp.

subtribe Tonkinacridina

Auth.: Ito, 2015; Asia

genus group Bradynotae

Auth.: Rehn & Randell, 1963; N. America, E. Asia

incertae sedis

  • Anepipodisma Huang, 1984 (monotypic)
  • Bohemanella Ramme, 1951 (monotypic)
  • Cophoprumna Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 (monotypic)
  • Dicranophyma Uvarov, 1921
  • Eokingdonella Yin, 1984
  • Genimen Bolívar, 1917 - India, Indochina
  • Gibbitergum Zheng & Shi, 1998 (monotypic)
  • Guizhouacris Yin & Li, 2006 (monotypic)
  • Liaopodisma Zheng, 1990
  • Pachypodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
  • Paratonkinacris You & Li, 1983 - E. China
  • Peripodisma Willemse, 1972
  • Phaulotettix Scudder, 1897
  • Podismodes Ramme, 1939 (monotypic)
  • Prumna Motschulsky, 1859
  • Prumnacris Rehn & Rehn, 1944 (monotypic)
  • Pseudozubovskia Zheng, Lin, Zhang & Zeng, 2014 (monotypic)
  • Qinlingacris Yin & Chou, 1979 - E. China
  • Rectimargipodisma Zheng, Li & Wang, 2004 (monotypic)
  • Rhinopodisma Mistshenko, 1954 - Himalayas
  • Taipodisma Yin, Zheng & Yin, 2014 - Taiwan
  • Xiangelilacris Zheng, Huang & Zhou, 2008 (monotypic)

See also

  • List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.

References

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