| Eufalconius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Subfamily: | Scelimeninae |
| Tribe: | Discotettigini |
| Genus: | Eufalconius |
| Species: | E. pendleburyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eufalconius pendleburyi Günther, 1938 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eufalconius pendleburyi is a groundhopper species found in Malaysia, belonging to the tribe Scelimenini. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Eufalconius. [3]
Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts, and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives.
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera has a worldwide distribution. Common names for these insects include cave crickets, camel crickets, spider crickets, and sand treaders. Those occurring in New Zealand are typically referred to as jumping or cave wētā. Most are found in forest environments or within caves, animal burrows, cellars, under stones, or in wood or similar environments. All species are flightless and nocturnal, usually with long antennae and legs. More than 500 species of Rhaphidophoridae are described.
Zamunda is a genus of crickets in the subfamily Podoscirtinae and tribe Aphonoidini. Species have been found in southern China and peninsular Malaysia.
Phaesticus mellerborgi is a groundhopper found in China, Indo-China and Malesia, now placed incertae sedis the Tetrigidae.
Discotettix belzebuth is a groundhopper species found in western Malesia, belonging to the subfamily Scelimeninae; it is the type species of its genus.
Discotettix is a genus of pygmy grasshoppers found in Malesia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. They are commonly known as spiky pygmy devils. After revision, it is the type genus of the tribe Discotettigini and now placed in the subfamily Scelimeninae.
Discotettix selysi is a groundhopper species found in Malaysia, belonging to the tribe Discotettigini, originally described by Ignacio Bolívar in 1887; it is a synonym is D. selangori.
Scelimena is a genus of ground hoppers in the family Tetrigidae, with records from India, Indo-China, Malesia and Papua New Guinea.
Vitalisia is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Acridinae, with no tribe assigned. Two species have been recorded from Indochina from Bangladesh to peninsular Malaysia.
Tettigoniidea is an infraorder of the order Orthoptera, with six extant families.
Mecopoda is the type genus of bush crickets of the subfamily Mecopodinae. Species can be found in India, China, Korea, Japan, Indochina, Malaysia and Melanesia.
Milleriana is a monotypic genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe unassigned, containing the species M. brunnea Willemse, 1957, which can be found in Peninsular Malaysia.
Scelimeninae is a subfamily of ground hoppers belonging to the Tetrigidae family of Orthopterans.
Kuantania is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, subfamily Orthacridinae and tribe Orthacridini.
Trachyzulpha is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae, found in China, Indochina and Malaysia. It the only genus in the subtribe Trachyzulphina Gorochov, 2014, which was previously placed in the tribe "Tylopsini".
Teratura is a genus of Asian bush crickets belonging to the tribe Meconematini. Species have been recorded from India, Indo-China, China and Peninsular Malaysia.
Bettotania is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae, not assigned to any tribe. Species have been recorded from Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Anacranae is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Gereniini. Species can be found in Indo-China, including peninsular Malaysia, where the type species is found.
Stenopelmatinae is the sole subfamily in the family Stenopelmatidae. There are about 7 genera and more than 50 described species in Stenopelmatinae.
Incolacris is the type genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Incolacridinae. To date, species have been recorded from China, the Philippines and Peninsular Malaysia.