The family Gryllidae contains the subfamilies and genera which entomologists now term true crickets. Having long, whip-like antennae, they belong to the Orthopteran suborder Ensifera, which has been greatly reduced in the last 100 years : taxa such as the spider-crickets and allies, sword-tail crickets, wood or ground crickets and scaly crickets have been elevated to family level. The type genus is Gryllus and the first use of the family name "Gryllidae" was by Francis Walker.
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Metrioptera is a genus of insects in the tribe Platycleidini and subfamily Tettigoniinae, include the bog and meadow bush crickets. They are found in Eurasia.
Barbitistes is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae.
Barbitistes obtusus, common name Southern Saw-tailed Bush-cricket or Alpine Saw Bush-cricket, is a species of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae.
Yersinella is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini. They are native to Europe. The genus name commemorates the entomologist who described the type species in 1860.
Antaxius is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini found in Europe.
Bicolorana is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini. Species can be found in many parts of mainland Europe, through central Asia to the Korean peninsula.
Rhacocleis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini. Species can be found in southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Uromenus is a genus of bush crickets in the sub-family Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.
Pterolepis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini erected by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1838. The known distribution is from North Africa and the Iberian peninsula.
Parasteropleurus is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Ephippigerini, erected by Barat in 2012 with insects that resembled Steropleurus. To date (2022) species have been recorded from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa.
Montana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by F.E. Zeuner in 1941. The type species, M. montana has been called the "Steppe Bush-Cricket". Some authorities previously placed this as a subgenus of Platycleis, but it is now considered a separate genus, as part of the genus group Platycleis. Species can be found in the northern Palaearctic realm from mainland western Europe through to Siberia.
Parnassiana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and genus group Platycleis, erected by F. E. Zeuner in 1941. Species have been called "Greek bush-crickets" and members of this genus have been recorded mostly from that country.
Broughtonia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini. It was first erected as the subgenus Metrioptera (Broughtonia) by K. Harz in 1969 and subsequently elevated to genus level in 2011. Species have been recorded from eastern Europe, with most records from the Balkans through to Romania and Bulgaria.
Vichetia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini. It was first erected as the subgenus Metrioptera (Vichetia) by K. Harz in 1969 and subsequently elevated to genus level in 2011: belonging to neither the Metrioptera nor the Platycleis genus groups.
Modestana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by M. Beier in 1955. Species can be found in South-eastern Europe, with most records from Italy, the Balkans and Greece.
Bucephaloptera is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by R. Ebner in 1923. Species can be found in South-eastern Europe through to Iraq and Jordan in the Middle East.
Pachytrachis is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940. Species have been recorded from Italy, through South-eastern Europe to Turkey.
Zeuneriana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and placed in the genus group Metrioptera Zeuner: after whom it was named by Ramme in 1951. The recorded distribution of species is: mainland Europe, from France through to the Balkans and Romania.
