Aidemona

Aidemona
File:Aidemona azteca.jpg
Aidemona azteca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Acrididae
Subfamily:	Melanoplinae
Tribe:	Melanoplini
Genus:	Aidemona Brunner, 1893

Aidemona is a genus of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about five described species in Aidemona.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Aidemona:

• Aidemona alticola Roberts, H.R., 1947 ^{c g}
• Aidemona amrami Roberts, H.R., 1947 ^{c g}
• Aidemona azteca (Saussure, 1861) ^{i c g b} (Aztec spur-throat)
• Aidemona scarlata Cigliano & D. Otte, 2003 ^{c g}
• Aidemona sonorae Roberts, H.R., 1947 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Cigliano, María M.; Otte, Daniel (2003). "Revision of the Melanoplinae genus Aidemona Brunner von Wattenwyl (Orthoptera, Acrididae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 129 (2): 315–328. JSTOR 25078813.
• Bland, Roger (2003). The Orthoptera of Michigan: Biology, Keys, and Descriptions of Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets. Michigan State University Extension. ISBN 978-1565250178.
• Capinera, J. L; Scott, R. D.; Walker, T. J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8948-8.