Morabidae

Morabidae
Callitala major
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Eumastacoidea
Family:	Morabidae Rehn, 1948

Morabidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are more than 40 genera and 120 described species in Morabidae, found in Australasia.[1][2][3]

Callitala major

Genera

These 42 genera belong to the family Morabidae:

• Achuraba Key, 1976
• Achurimima Key, 1976
• Alatiplica Key, 1976
• Aliena Key, 1976
• Amangu Key, 1976
• Aruntina Key, 1976
• Baruca Key, 1976
• Biroella Bolívar, 1903
• Bundinja Key, 1976
• Callimunga Key, 1976
• Callita Key, 1976
• Callitala Sjöstedt, 1921
• Capsigera Key, 1976
• Carnarvonella Key, 1976
• Chinnicka Key, 1976
• Crois Key, 1976
• Culmacris Key, 1976
• Drysdalopila Key, 1977
• Filoraba Key, 1976
• Flindersella Key, 1976
• Furculifera Key, 1976
• Geckomima Key, 1976
• Georgina Key, 1976
• Hastella Key, 1976
• Heide Key, 1976
• Keyacris Rehn, 1952
• Malleolopha Key, 1976
• Micromeeka Key, 1976
• Moraba Walker, 1870
• Moritala Key, 1976
• Namatjira Key, 1976
• Nanihospita Key, 1976
• Prorifera Key, 1976
• Proscopiomima Key, 1976
• Sicula Key, 1976
• Spectriforma Key, 1976
• Stiletta Key, 1976
• Swanea Key, 1976
• Vandiemenella Key, 1976
• Warramaba Key, 1976
• Warramunga Rehn, 1952
• Whiteacris Key, 1976

References

1. "Morabidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
2. "Morabidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0". Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Further reading

• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN 1-889002-04-6.