Eritettix
Genus of grasshoppers
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Eritettix is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Eritettix.[1][2][3][4]
| Eritettix | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphocerinae |
| Tribe: | Eritettigini |
| Genus: | Eritettix Bruner, 1890 |
Species
These four species belong to the genus Eritettix:
- Eritettix abortivus Bruner, 1890 (Texas short-winged slant-face grasshopper)
- Eritettix carinatus (Scudder, 1902)
- Eritettix obscurus (Scudder, 1878) (obscure grasshopper)
- Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869) (velvet-striped grasshopper) - type species (as Eritettix variabilis Bruner)
