Locustidae


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Locustidae

[lō′kəs·tə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
A family of insects in the order Orthoptera; antennae are usually less than half the body length, hindlegs are adapted for jumping, and the ovipositor is multipartite.
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Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana 1: 285-344.
La tribu Viadaniini n. trib. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): primer aporte a la organizacion supra-generica de los faneropterinos neotropicales
Taxonomic relationships shown in the chromosomes of Tettigidae and Acrididae V-shaped chromosomes and their significance in Acrididae, Locustidae and Gryllydae: chromosomes and variation.
110 years of orthopteran cytogenetics, the chromosomal evolutionary viewpoint, and Michael White's signal contributions to the field
The spermatocyte divisions of the Locustidae. Kansas University Science Bulletin 1: 185-231.
The chromosomes and the sex determining mechanism of Scaphura nigra (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)
Di alcune specie cirenaiche di Mantidae, Phasgonuridae e Locustidae. Archivio Zoologico Italiano 11: G5-104.
Annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Libya
He pointed out that the reticulations on the eggs of many of the Locustidae (Acrididae) might be of systematic importance.
Scanning electron microscopy of egg-surface sculpturing of two common Indian short-horn grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

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