Episactidae

Episactidae
Monkey hopper, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Superfamily:	Eumastacoidea
Family:	Episactidae Burr, 1899

Episactidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are about 19 genera and more than 60 described species in the family Episactidae,and are found in Central and South America, China, and Madagascar. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

These 19 genera belong to the family Episactidae:

• Acronomastax Descamps, 1965
• Antillacris Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• Episactus Burr, 1899
• Espagnola Rehn & Rehn, 1939
• Espagnoleta Perez-Gelabert, 2000
• Espagnolopsis Perez-Gelabert, Hierro & Otte, 1997
• Gymnotettix Bruner, 1901
• Heteromastax Descamps, 1965
• Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934
• Malagassa Saussure, 1903
• Neibamastax Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
• Paralethus Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006
• Pielomastax Chang, 1937
• Rhabdomastax Descamps, 1969
• Seyrigella Chopard, 1951
• Tainacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997
• Teicophrys Bruner, 1901
• † MiraculumBolívar, 1903
• † Paleomastacris Perez-Gelabert, Hierro, Dominici & Otte, 1997

References

1. "Episactidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
2. "Episactidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
3. Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2018). "Orthoptera species file online, Version 5.0" . Retrieved 2019-04-16.

Further reading

• Capinera, J.L; Scott, R.D.; Walker, T.J. (2004). Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States . Cornell University Press. ISBN   978-0-8014-8948-8.
• Otte, Daniel (1997). Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (eds.). Orthoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 4: Non–Holometabolous Orders. Entomological Information Services. pp. 581–634. ISBN   1-889002-04-6.