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.
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.
Oedipoda is the type genus of grasshoppers, in the subfamily Oedipodinae, mostly from the Palaearctic realm. The type species is the European "blue-winged grasshopper", Oedipoda caerulescens.
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.
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.
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.
Dericorys is the type genus of grasshoppers of the family Dericorythidae. Species have been recorded from Africa, the Iberian peninsula, Atlantic islands and western Asia.
Gampsocleis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Gampsocleidini.
Thrinchinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers, with genus found in Africa, Europe and Asia.
Heteracris is a genus of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are more than 60 described species in Heteracris, found in Africa, southern Europe, and manland Asia through to India.
Ochrilidia is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and typical of the tribe Ochrilidiini; it was erected by Carl Stål in 1873. Species have been recorded from Africa, the Middle East through to India and certain Mediterranean islands in Europe.
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.
Duroniella is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Phlaeobini and now placed in genus group Duronia, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1908. Distribution records include: the North and Horn of Africa, Sardinia, Greece and the Balkans, through to central Asia.
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