Betiscoides

Betiscoides is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae.

Betiscoides
Betiscoides parva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Acridoidea
Family: Lentulidae
Subfamily: Lentulinae
Genus: Betiscoides
Sjöstedt, 1923
Type species
Betiscoides meridionalis
Sjöstedt, 1923[1]

The grasshoppers of the genus Betiscoides have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and the antennae are tapering. They are all found among the reed-like wetland plants of the genus Restio and their common name is the restio grasshoppers.[2] All three species are classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.[3]

Species

There are three species in the genus Betiscoides:[1]

  • Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 – slender restio grasshopper
  • Betiscoides parva Key, 1937 – small restio grasshopper
  • Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 – robust restio grasshopper

References
  1. Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "genus Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. K.H.L. Key (1937). "New Acridiidae from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. XXIII: 135–269.
  3. "Genus Betiscoides". IUCN. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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