Bandwing
Subfamily of grasshoppers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae[1] of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae.[2] Many species primarily inhabit xeric weedy fields, and some are considered to be important locusts:
- Locusta migratoria: the migratory locust
- Chortoicetes terminifera: the Australian plague locust
- Locustana pardalina the brown locust
Bandwings | |
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Austroicetes vulgaris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Caelifera |
Family: | Acrididae |
Subfamily: | Oedipodinae Walker, 1871 |
Tribes | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
Locustidae Kirby, 1825 |
These grasshoppers often have colorful hindwings that may be yellow or red and edged with black. Others have black hindwings with pale edges, and a few species (including the most economically important ones) have clear hindwings. The arolium is extremely small or absent.