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:
The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers, belong of the large family Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Isophya is a genus of bush crickets, in the tribe Barbitistini, found from mainland Europe to western Asia.
Stenobothrus is a genus of grasshoppers found in Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
The Phaneropterinae, the sickle-bearing bush crickets or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. Nearly 2,060 species in 85 genera throughout the world are known. They are also known as false katydids or round-headed katydids.
Platycleis is a genus of bush crickets described by Fieber in 1853, belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.
Eupholidoptera is a genus of bush crickets belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae.
Myrmeleotettix is a genus of grasshopper in the tribe Gomphocerini. Species are recorded from western Europe and throughout temperate Asia.
The Eyprepocnemidinae are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa, mainland Europe and Asia.
Himertula is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Letanini. Species can be found mostly in the Indian sub-continent.
Poecilimon is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in: central and Southeast Europe, the south of the European part of the former USSR, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, the Caucasus, Persia and extends in Central Asia to the Altai mountains.
Uromenus is a genus of bush crickets in the sub-family Bradyporinae and tribe Ephippigerini.
Gampsocleis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Gampsocleidini.
Glyphotmethis is a genus of mostly European grasshoppers belonging to the family Pamphagidae, erected by Bey-Bienko in 1951. Belonging to the tribe Thrinchini, species can be found in south-eastern Europe through to Turkey.
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.
Incertana is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by erected by F. E. Zeuner in 1941. Species have been recorded from: North Africa, southern Europe, the Middle East and the Himalayas. Placed in genus group Platycleis, literature on the type species and others often refers to that genus.
Anadrymadusa is a genus of bush crickets in the tribe Drymadusini, erected by Tevfik Karabağ in 1961. Species have been recorded from Greece and Turkey through to Afghanistan.
Drymadusa is a monotypic genus of bush crickets named by Johann Philipp Emil Friedrich Stein in 1860; it is the type genus of the tribe Drymadusini, which was erected by Boris Uvarov in 1924. Now containing the single species Drymadusa dorsalis, it previously included others moved to genera such as Afrodrymadusa, Anadrymadusa and Paradrymadusa.
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.
