Family PYRGOMORPHIDAE
Compiler and date details
December 2005 - D.C.F. Rentz, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Introduction
The Pyrgomorphidae is a diverse assemblage of mostly colourful species with conical heads and slow habits associated with an aposematic lifestyle. Many species raise the tegmina to display brightly coloured wings when disturbed.
This family had been included as a family of Acridoidea, or Pamphagoidea, but is now more properly a member of the Pyrgomorphoidea. Species show a range of adaptations as is usual for a large group. Some species are associated with grasses, others with herbs and shrubs. Several species may have long- and short-winged forms.
General References
Key, K.H.L. 1985. Monograph of the Monistriini and Petasidini (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 107: 1-213
Key, K.H.L. & Kevan, D.K.McE. 1980. A revision of the Australian Atractomorphini (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 28: 717-773
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |