Metrodora (insect)

Metrodora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Subfamily: Metrodorinae
Tribe: Metrodorini
Genus:
Bolívar, 1887
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Metrodora is a genus of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers that is typical of the subfamily Metrodorinae and tribe Metrodorini; it was erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1887.[1] Species of Metrodora are recorded from central and South America.[2] Several other species were placed here previously,[3] but have been moved to other genera such as Platytettix (in the same subtribe Metrodorina).

Species

These species belong to the genus Metrodora:[2][4][5]

  1. Metrodora colombiae Günther, 1939
  2. Metrodora rana Bolívar, 1887 - type species

(Note: For Metrodora mollilobata Kasalo & Skejo, 2025 see Hebardidora harroweri (Hebard, 1924) per Cadena-Castañeda et al. 2025).

References

  1. ^ Bolívar I (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available here
  2. ^ a b Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C.; Otte, Daniel (2025). "Metrodora Bolívar, 1887". Orthoptera Species File (via TaxonWorks). Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  3. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "Metrodora Bolívar, 1887". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  4. ^ "Metrodora Bolívar, 1887". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Metrodora Bolívar, 1887". GBIF. Retrieved 3 July 2025.

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