Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species primarily inhabit xeric weedy fields, and some are considered to be important locusts:
Chorthippus is a large genus of acridid grasshoppers with around 230 described species. The genus may be subdivided into subgenera including: Altichorthippus, Chorthippus and Glyptobothrus, with other species not placed.
Onconotus is a genus of bush cricket in the subfamily Tettigoniinae. It is the only representative of the monotypic tribe Onconotini and species have been recorded from eastern Europe and western Asia.
Stauroderus scalaris, the large mountain grasshopper, is a species of 'short-horned grasshoppers' belonging to the family Acrididae subfamily Gomphocerinae.
Tettigonia is the type genus of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The scientific name Tettigonia is onomatopoeic and derives from the Greek τεττιξ, meaning cicada.
Pholidoptera is a genus of bush-crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae and the type genus of the tribe Pholidopterini.
Saga is a genus of bush crickets or katydids containing around 15 species as of 2018. It is the only genus in the tribe Sagini and belongs to the subfamily Saginae. Species have been recorded from southern Europe and western and central Asia.
Pamphagidae is a family of grasshoppers belonging to the superfamily Acridoidea. The species in this family can be found in Africa, Europe and Asia.
Dociostaurus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae and typical of the tribe Dociostaurini. Species are found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, and includes the economically important Moroccan locust.
Gomphocerus is a genus of grasshoppers in the tribe Gomphocerini. Species can be found in Europe and Asia, with one species in South America.
Aeropedellus is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are more than 20 described species in Aeropedellus.
Nocarodes is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pamphagidae. There are at least 20 described species in Nocarodes, found in southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia.
Calliptamus barbarus is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Gampsocleis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Gampsocleidini.
Pamphaginae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Pamphagidae, with species found in Africa, Europe and Asia.
Conophyma is the type genus of grasshoppers of the subfamily Conophyminae and tribe Conophymini. Species are recorded from central Asia.
Stauroderus is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are three described species in Stauroderus, found in the Palearctic realm.
Nocaracris is a genus of European and western Asian grasshoppers in the family Pamphagidae, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1928. It is the type genus of the tribe Nocarodeini and has a recorded distribution of Greece through to Afghanistan, but this may be incomplete.
Asiotmethis is a genus of European and Western Asian grasshoppers belonging to the family Pamphagidae, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1943. Belonging to the tribe Thrinchini, the species can be found in Greece through to Iran and central Asia.
Psorodonotus is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1861.
