A Preliminary guide for Oedipodinae Walker, 1870 identification (Orthoptera, Acridoide) In Iran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

S. H. Hodjat ¹ ( Afshar’s Museum, Department of Plant Protection, Collage of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran )
M. Tork ² ( Afshar’s Museum, Department of Plant Protection, Collage of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran )

Received: 2014-03-01 Accepted : 2014-11-16 Published : 2015-11-22

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Abstract :

Preliminary keys is devised to identify many Iranian specie of Oedipodinae. Aiolopus Fieber is morphologically sharing many characters with Oedipodinae and Acridinae subfamilies. The morphological characters of Aiolopus and its species is described.  A. tamulus F. is a subspecies of A. thalassinus F. A. savignyi (Krauss, 1890) is a synonym of A. simulatrix simulatrix (Walker,1870). Locusta L., Celes Sauss., Oedipoda Latr., Pyrgodera F.-W., Brunnerella Sauss genera are with high median carina and are easily separated from saddle shaped genera of Sphingonotini.