Mesasippus

Mesasippus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Gomphocerinae
Tribe: Gomphocerini
Genus: Mesasippus
Tarbinsky, 1931
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Mesasippus is a genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Gomphocerini, erected by Yu S, Tarbinsky in 1931.[1] Species have been recorded from eastern Europe through to central China.[2]

Species

The Orthoptera Species File[2] lists:

  1. Mesasippus ammophilus Bey-Bienko, 1948
  2. Mesasippus arenosus (Bey-Bienko, 1930) (2 subspecies)
  3. Mesasippus barsukiensis Mistshenko, 1951
  4. Mesasippus divergens (Bey-Bienko, 1930)
  5. Mesasippus fuscovittatus (Tarbinsky, 1927)
  6. Mesasippus geophilus (Bey-Bienko, 1930)
  7. Mesasippus kozhevnikovi (Tarbinsky, 1925) - type species (as Chorthippus kozhevnikovi Tarbinsky = M. kozhevnikovi kozhevnikovi, the nominate subspecies out of 3)
  8. Mesasippus nudus (Umnov, 1931)
  9. Mesasippus scitus Mistshenko, 1951
  10. Mesasippus tarbagataicus Sergeev & Bugrov, 1988

References

  1. ^ Tarbinsky YS (1931) Bull. Leningrad Inst. Contr. Farm and Forest Pests 1: 129.
  2. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Mesasippus Tarbinsky, 1931 (retrieved 30 December 2022)