Podismini Explained

Podismini is a tribe of "spur-throated grasshoppers" in the family Acrididae. This tribe is unlike others in the subfamily Melanoplinae in that genera are found throughout the northern hemisphere, with a substantial number occurring outside the Americas (although there are about 12 in N. America^[1]).

Subtribes and genera

The Orthoptera Species File^[2] lists the following:

subtribe Miramellina

Auth.: Rehn & Randell, 1963; mainland Europe, China, Korea, Japan

• Anapodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
• Capraiuscola Galvagni, 1986 - monotypic
• Chortopodisma Ramme, 1951 - monotypic
• Cophopodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
• Curvipennis Huang, 1984 - monotypic Curvipennis wixiensis Huang, 1984
• Epipodisma Ramme, 1951 - monotypic Epipodisma pedemontana (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882)
• Indopodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 - monotypic Indopodisma kingdoni (Uvarov, 1927)
• Italopodisma Harz, 1973
• Miramella Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932

• Nadigella Galvagni, 1986 - monotypic Nadigella formosanta (Fruhstorfer, 1921)
• Oropodisma Uvarov, 1942
• Pseudoprumna Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 - monotypic Pseudoprumna baldensis (Krauss, 1883)
• Rammepodisma Weidner, 1969 - monotypic Rammepodisma natoliae (Ramme, 1939)
• Zubovskya Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932

subtribe Podismina

Auth.: Jacobson, 1905; N. America, Europe, Asia through to Japan

• Appalachia Rehn & Rehn, 1936
• Booneacris Rehn & Randell, 1962
• Dendrotettix Packard, 1890
• Micropodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
• Niitakacris Tinkham, 1936
• Odontopodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
• Ognevia Ikonnikov, 1911
• Podisma Berthold, 1827
• Pseudopodisma Mistshenko, 1947
• Yunnanacris Chang, 1940

subtribe Tonkinacridina

Auth.: Ito, 2015; Asia

• Fruhstorferiola Willemse, 1921
• Parapodisma Mistshenko, 1947
• Pedopodisma Zheng, 1980
• Sinopodisma Chang, 1940
• Tonkinacris Carl, 1916

genus group Bradynotae

Auth.: Rehn & Randell, 1963; N. America, E. Asia

• Argiacris Hebard, 1918
• Asemoplus Scudder, 1897
• Bradynotes Scudder, 1880 - monotypic Bradynotes obesa (Thomas, 1872)
• Buckellacris Rehn & Rehn, 1945
• Hebardacris Rehn, 1952
• Hypsalonia Gurney & Eades, 1961
• Kingdonella Uvarov, 1933

incertae sedis

• Anepipodisma Huang, 1984 (monotypic)
• Bohemanella Ramme, 1951 (monotypic)
• Cophoprumna Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932 (monotypic)
• Dicranophyma Uvarov, 1921
• Eokingdonella Yin, 1984
• Genimen Bolívar, 1917 - India, Indochina
• Gibbitergum Zheng & Shi, 1998 (monotypic)
• Guizhouacris Yin & Li, 2006 (monotypic)
• Liaopodisma Zheng, 1990
• Pachypodisma Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1932
• Paratonkinacris You & Li, 1983 - E. China
• Peripodisma Willemse, 1972
• Phaulotettix Scudder, 1897
• Podismodes Ramme, 1939 (monotypic)
• Prumna Motschulsky, 1859
• Prumnacris Rehn & Rehn, 1944 (monotypic)
• Pseudozubovskia Zheng, Lin, Zhang & Zeng, 2014 (monotypic)
• Qinlingacris Yin & Chou, 1979 - E. China
• Rectimargipodisma Zheng, Li & Wang, 2004 (monotypic)
• Rhinopodisma Mistshenko, 1954 - Himalayas
• Taipodisma Yin, Zheng & Yin, 2014 - Taiwan
• Xiangelilacris Zheng, Huang & Zhou, 2008 (monotypic)

See also

• List of Orthopteroid genera containing species recorded in Europe
• Book: Ross H. Arnett. 30 July 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 978-0-8493-0212-1.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Podismini

Notes and References

1. Capinera J.L, Scott R.D., Walker T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press
2. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1110767 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0: retrieved 21 December 2018)