Family Tetrigidae
(grouse locusts, pygmy grasshoppers, and pygmy locusts)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, and relatives)
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  Suborder Caelifera
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  Family Tetrigidae (grouse locusts, pygmy grasshoppers, and pygmy locusts)
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  Genus Apotettix
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  Genus Neotettix
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  Genus Nomotettix
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  Genus Paratettix
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  Genus Paxilla
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  Genus Tetrix
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  Genus Tettigidea