Acrotylus

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Acrotylus
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Acrotylus patruelis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Acrididae
Subfamily: Oedipodinae
Genus: Acrotylus
Fieber, 1853
Species

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Acrotylus is a genus of grasshopper in the family Oedipodinae and the type genus of the tribe Acrotylini, containing the following species:

Grasshopper Common name for a group of insects

Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is probably the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.

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Bandwing grasshopper

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<i>Conocephalus</i> genus of insects

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Mantinae subfamily of insects

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Tetrigidae family of insects

Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers, pygmy devils or "grouse locusts".

Pseudophyllinae subfamily of insects

The subfamily Pseudophyllinae contains numerous species in the family Tettigoniidae, the katydids or bush crickets. Sometimes called "true katydids", together with the crickets of suborder Ensifera, they form part of the insect order Orthoptera which also contains grasshoppers.

Phaneropterinae subfamily of bush crickets

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Gomphocerinae

Gomphocerinae, the slant-faced grasshoppers, are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia.

Pyrgomorphidae family of insects

Pyrgomorphidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera; it is the only family in the superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea, with a pan-tropical distribution. Their name is probably derived from pyrgos meaning "tower": a reference to the form (morph) of the head in the type genus Pyrgomorpha and other genera.

Copiphorini tribe of insects

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Catantopini

Catantopini is a tribe in the subfamily Catantopinae, a group of grasshoppers found in Africa, Asia and Australia.

<i>Cataloipus</i> genus of insects

Cataloipus is a genus of grasshopper in the family Acrididae.

Cyrtacanthacridinae monotypic taxon

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Hemiacridinae

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Pyrgomorphinae subfamily of insects

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Orthacridinae subfamily of insects

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Podoscirtinae subfamily of insects

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<i>Gastrimargus</i> genus of grasshoppers

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<i>Sphingonotus</i> genus of grasshoppers

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