Betiscoides is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae.
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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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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]
Species
editThere are three species in the genus Betiscoides:[1]
- Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 – slender restio grasshopper
- Betiscoides parva Key, 1937 – small restio grasshopper
- Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 – robust restio grasshopper
References
edit- ^ a b Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ K.H.L. Key (1937). "New Acridiidae from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. XXIII: 135–269.
- ^ "Genus Betiscoides". IUCN. Retrieved 1 January 2018.