Eumastacoidea is a superfamily within the order Orthoptera, suborder Caelifera. The family has a mainly tropical distribution and have sometimes been called "monkey grasshoppers".[1]
| Eumastacoidea | |
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| Some eumastacoids | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Eumastacoidea Burr, 1899 |
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Description
editSome of the characters of the members of the superfamily are the lack of an abdominal tympanum, wings if present widen towards the tip, the antennae are short in some groups the hindlegs are spread out laterally at rest.[2]
Families
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Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
Eumastax zumuniana
near Tena, Ecuador
Promastax archaicus
1910 illustration of fossil
The overall classification based on characteristics of the genitalia and the geographic distribution of family groups are as follows:
- Family Chorotypidae Stål, 1873
- Subfamily Chininae Burr, 1903
- Subfamily Chorotypinae (Burr, 1903)
- Subfamily Erianthinae (Burr, 1903)
- Subfamily Eruciinae Burr, 1903
- Subfamily Mnesicleinae Descamps, 1973
- Subfamily Prionacanthinae Descamps 1973
- Family Episactidae Burr, 1899
- Subfamily Episactinae Burr, 1903
- Subfamily Espagnolinae Rehn, 1948
- Subfamily Miraculinae I. Bolivar, 1903
- Family EumastacidaeBurr, 1899
- Subfamily Eumastacinae Burr, 1903
- Subfamily Gomphomastacinae Burr, 1903
- Subfamily Masynteinae Descamps, 1973
- Subfamily Morseinae Rehn, 1948
- Subfamily Paramastacinae Dirsh, 1961
- Subfamily Parepisactinae Dirsh, 1975
- Subfamily Pseudomastacinae Dirsh, 1961
- Subfamily Temnomastacinae (Rehn, 1948)
- Family EuschmidtiidaeRehn, 1948
- Subfamily Euschmidtiinae Rehn, 1948
- Subfamily Pseudoschmidtiinae Descamps, 1964
- Subfamily Stenoschmidtiinae Descamps, 1973
- Family Mastacideidae Rehn, 1948
- Subfamily Mastacideinae Rehn, 1948
- Family Morabidae Rehn, 1948
- Family †Promastacidae Kevan & Wighton, 1981
- Genus †Promastax Handlirsch, 1910
- Family Thericleidae Burr, 1899
- Subfamily Afromastacinae Descamps, 1977
- Subfamily Barythericleinae Descamps, 1977
- Subfamily Chromothericleinae Descamps, 1977
- Subfamily Loxicephalinae Descamps, 1977
- Subfamily Plagiotriptinae Bolívar, 1914
- Subfamily Thericleinae Burr, 1899
The genus †Promastacoides was originally considered a privative Eumastacoidea taxon by Kevan and& Wighton (1981), subsequent authors have consistently found it to be a Susumaniidae stick insect.[3]
References
edit- ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 July 2021)
- ^ S. Matt; P. K. Flook; C. H. F. Rowell (2008). "A Partial Molecular Phylogeny of the Eumastacoidea s. lat. (Orthoptera, Caelifera)" (PDF). Journal of Orthoptera Research. 17 (1): 43–55. doi:10.1665/1082-6467(2008)17[43:apmpot]2.0.co;2.
- ^ Yang, Hongru; Shi, Chaofan; Engel, Michael S; Zhao, Zhipeng; Ren, Dong; Gao, Taiping (2021-01-15). "Early specializations for mimicry and defense in a Jurassic stick insect". National Science Review. 8 (1): nwaa056. doi:10.1093/nsr/nwaa056. ISSN 2095-5138. PMC 8288419. PMID 34691548.
External links
edit- Media related to Eumastacoidea at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Eumastacoidea at Wikispecies
- Orthoptera species file
