Opeia

Genus of grasshoppers

Opeia

Opeia obscura
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Orthoptera
Suborder:  | Caelifera
Family:  | Acrididae
Subfamily:  | Gomphocerinae
Tribe:  | Eritettigini
Genus:  | Opeia
McNeill, 1897

Opeia is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Opeia.[1][2][3][4]

## Species

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These two species belong to the genus Opeia:

* Opeia atascosa Hebard, 1937 (atascosa grasshopper)
* Opeia obscura (Thomas, 1872) (obscure grasshopper)

## References

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1. ^ "Opeia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
2. ^ "Opeia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
3. ^ "Opeia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
4. ^ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "genus Opeia McNeill, 1897". Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

## Further reading

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* Otte, Daniel (1981). The North American Grasshoppers, Volume I, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. Harvard. ISBN 978-0674626607.
* 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.

## External links

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* Media related to Opeia at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Opeia|

* Wikidata: Q10610440
* BOLD: 69959
* BugGuide: 235123
* CoL: 8NTX5
* EoL: 51880
* GBIF: 1708709
* iNaturalist: 155248
* IRMNG: 1422798
* ITIS: 657745
* NCBI: 322734
* Open Tree of Life: 123503
* Orthoptera Species File (old): 1105739

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