Anostostomatidae is a family of insects in the order Orthoptera, widely distributed in the southern hemisphere. It is named Mimnermidae or Henicidae in some taxonomies, and common names include king crickets in Australia and South Africa, and wētā in New Zealand. Prominent members include the Parktown prawn of South Africa, and the giant wētā of New Zealand.
Cooloola is a genus of ensiferan orthopterans known as Cooloola monsters. It is the only genus in the subfamily Cooloolinae and family Cooloolidae of the superfamily Stenopelmatoidea.
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Ixalodectes is a genus of Australian bush crickets.
Kawanaphila is a genus of insects in family Tettigoniidae from Australia. It was described in 1993 by David C. Rentz.
Pachysaga is a genus of insect in the family Tettigoniidae.
Phasmodes, known as stick katydids, is a genus of Australian insects in the family Tettigoniidae and the only genus within the subfamily Phasmodinae.
Psacadonotus is a genus of insects in the family Tettigoniidae.
Zaprochilus, the twig-mimicking katydids, is a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Zaprochilinae. They are found in Australia.
Tympanophora is a genus of bush-crickets, known as balloon-winged katydids, found in Australia. It is the only extant (living) genus in the subfamily Tympanophorinae.
Nemobiinae is a subfamily of the newly constituted Trigonidiidae, one of the cricket families. The type genus is Nemobius, which includes the wood cricket, but members of this subfamily may also be known as ground crickets or "pygmy field crickets".
Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.
Agraeciini is a large tribe of bush crickets or katydids in the conehead subfamily, Conocephalinae.
Paraphisis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Meconematinae.
Microtettigonia is a genus of bush-crickets or katydids, endemic to Western Australia and known as micro katydids. It is the only genus of the subfamily Microtettigoniinae.
Zaprochilinae is a subfamily of bush-crickets found in Australia; the type genus is Zaprochilus.
Austrosaginae, the sluggish katydids, are a subfamily of Australian insects within the family Tettigoniidae.
The Listroscelidinae are a subfamily of the Tettigoniidae found in the Americas, Madagascar, and Australia. The genus Arachnoscelis has become better known to the public after being featured on the cover of Science in 2012.
Anabropsini is a tribe of king crickets. The tribe comprises over 40 species, has a broad distribution in Old and New World tropics, including Asia, Africa, Oceania, Central America, and South America.
Hyperbaeninae is a subfamily of Orthopterans, sometimes known as 'leaf-folding crickets' in the family Gryllacrididae; Hyperbaenus ensifer is the type species. The known distribution includes tropical: central and southern America, Africa and mainland Asia to Australasia.
