Xyronotidae is a family of Central American grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are at least two genera and four described species in Xyronotidae.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Infraorder: | Acrididea |
| Informal group: | Acridomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Trigonopterygoidea |
| Family: | Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909 |
Genera
editThese two genera belong to the family Xyronotidae:
- Axyronotus Dirsh & Mason, 1979
- Xyronotus Saussure, 1884
References
edit- ^ "Xyronotidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ "Xyronotidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
- ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "family Xyronotidae Bolívar, 1909". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
Further reading
edit- 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 978-1-889002-04-0.