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:
Trimerotropis is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 50 described species in Trimerotropis.
Phymateus is a genus of grasshoppers of the family Pyrgomorphidae.
Pamphagidae is a family of grasshoppers belonging to the superfamily Acridoidea. The species in this family can be found in Africa, Europe and Asia.
The Tanaoceridae are an insect family in the monotypic superfamily Tanaoceroidea in the suborder Caelifera. They have been called desert long-horned grasshoppers.
The Trigonopterygoidea are an insect superfamily in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Sometimes described as leaf grasshoppers, American species in the Xyronotidae have also been called razor-backed bush-hoppers.
The Ommexechidae are a family of grasshoppers, in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera. Species in this family can be found in the Americas.
The Lithidiidae are a family of grasshoppers, in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera. Species in this family can be found in Africa.
The Tristiridae are a family of grasshoppers, in the Orthoptera: suborder Caelifera. Species in this family can be found in the Americas.
Arphia is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 11 described species in Arphia.
Tettigoniidea is an infraorder of the order Orthoptera, with six extant families.
Oedaleus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae.
Pardalophora is a genus of Nearctic band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four living species in Pardalophora.
Xanthippus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about six described species in Xanthippus.
Poekilocerus is a genus of grasshoppers (Caelifera) in the family Pyrgomorphidae and the tribe Poekilocerini. Species are found in Africa, India, Indo-China, Malesia through to New Guinea.
Erucius is a genus of "monkey grasshoppers" in the family Chorotypidae. Species in this genus can be found in Vietnam and Malesia, including the Philippines. It is the only genus in the subfamily Eruciinae.
Trilophidia is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae and the only member of the tribe Trilophidiini. The recorded distribution of species is from Africa and the middle-East through to Japan and Malesia.
Pternoscirta is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae and tribe Locustini. The recorded distribution of species includes: India, China, Indochina and Malesia.
Aeolacris caternaultii is a species of grasshopper in the family Romaleidae, first described by Joachim Francois Philiberto de Feisthamel in 1837. The species was placed in Xiphicera by Joachim Francois Philiberto de Feisthamel, but moved to Aeolacris by Samuel Hubbard Scudder.
The Egnatiinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, found in central and South America, and based on the monotypic type genus Egnatius and erected by Bey-Bienko in 1951. Species have been recorded from parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, including Russia and China.
