Gymnoscirtetes is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 2 described species in Gymnoscirtetes.[1][2][3] The genus was first described in Samuel Hubbard Scudder's book Revision of the orthopteran group Melanopli (Acridiidae), with special reference to North American forms. [4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Melanoplinae |
| Tribe: | Dactylotini |
| Genus: | Gymnoscirtetes Scudder, 1897 |
Species
edit- G. morsei Hebard, 1918 (Morse's wingless grasshopper)
- G. pusillus Scudder, 1897 (little wingless grasshopper)
References
edit- ^ "Gymnoscirtetes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Gymnoscirtetes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "genus Gymnoscirtetes Scudder, 1897". Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Scudder, Samuel Hubbard (26 June 2024). Revision of the orthopteran group Melanopli (Acridiidae), with special reference to North American forms. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press.
- Otte, Daniel (1995). "Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C". Orthoptera Species File 4, 518.
Further reading
edit- 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.