Odontura

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Odontura
Odontura macphersoni

Odontura macphersoni

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)
Subordination : Long- probe horror (Ensifera)
Family : Sickle horror (Phaneropteridae)
Genre : Odontura
Scientific name
Odontura
Rambur , 1839

Odontura is agenus of locusts from the family of sickle freaks (Phaneropteridae).

features

In males and females, the pronotum is short to elongated and the sulcus is behind the middle. The species are micropter . The elytra are maximally covered at their base and Cu2 is always free. In males, the subgenital plate in situ is as long as the cerci or longer, in females it is triangularly rounded. The cerci of the males are straight to slightly curved, those of the females are slender to truncated cones. The ovipositor is slightly curved and stretched. The anterior tibes are twice as long as the pronotum.

Occurrence

The distribution area of ​​the genus includes the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and North Africa.

Systematics

The genus includes the following 18 species:

supporting documents

literature

  • Kurt Harz: The orthopterists of Europe . Volume 1, Dr. W. Junk NV, The Hague 1969.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Odontura on Orthoptera Species File Online , accessed November 8, 2011

Web links

  • Odontura near Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 16, 2011