Abila (grasshopper)

Abila is a genus of lubber grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Abila.[1][2] They occur in South America.[1]

Abila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Romaleidae
Subfamily: Romaleinae
Genus: Abila
Stål, 1878
Synonyms[1]

Homalosaparus Rehn, 1908

Species

These four species belong to the genus Abila:[1][2]

  • Abila bolivari Giglio-Tos, 1900
  • Abila christianeae Carbonell, 2002
  • Abila descampsi Carbonell, 2002
  • Abila latipes Stål, 1878

References

  1. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Abila Stål, 1878". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. "Browse Abila". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-07.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
  • 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.


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