Pezotettix

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Caelifera
Pezotettix
Pezotettix giornae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Pezotettiginae
Genus: Pezotettix
Burmeister, 1840
Synonyms
  • Pegotettix Dodge, 1876
  • Pelecycleis Fieber, 1853
  • Pelecyclus Fieber, 1853
  • Pezotettis Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881
  • Platyphyma Fischer, 1853

Pezotettix[1] is a genus of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Pezotettiginae[2] (similar to and previously placed in the Catantopinae[3]).

The species belonging to this genus are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.[4]

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