| Metrodorinae | |
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| Rostella phyllocera (Borneo) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Infraorder: | Acrididea |
| Superfamily: | Tetrigoidea |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Subfamily: | Metrodorinae Bolívar, 1887 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Metrodorinae [1] is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are at least 90 genera and more than 590 described species, found in South America, Africa and Asia. [2] [3]
The Orthoptera Species File [3] currently (2024) lists five tribes:
distribution: S. America
Authority: Bolívar, 1887; distribution: mostly SE Asia, Africa, S. America
Authority: Storozhenko, 2013; distribution: western Indochina
Authority: Bolívar, 1887; distribution South America;
synonyms: MiriatriniCadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015, MucrotettiginiCadena-Castañeda & Silva, 2019; Note: previously placed in the Cladonotinae
Authority: Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017; distribution: SE Asia
The Melanoplinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. They are distributed across the Holarctic and Neotropical realms. They are one of the two largest subfamilies in the Acrididae. As of 2001 the Melanoplinae contained over 800 species in over 100 genera, with more species being described continuously.
Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers, pygmy devils or "grouse locusts".
Cycloptilum is a genus of common scaly crickets in the family Mogoplistidae from the Americas. There are at least 50 described species in Cycloptilum.
Tettigidea is a genus of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers in the tribe Batrachideini from the Americas. There are at least 40 described species in Tettigidea.
The Phaneropterinae, the sickle-bearing bush crickets or leaf katydids, are a subfamily of insects within the family Tettigoniidae. Nearly 2,060 species in 85 genera throughout the world are known. They are also known as false katydids or round-headed katydids.
Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia.
Phalangopsinae, occasionally known as spider crickets, are a subfamily of crickets in the family Phalangopsidae. Members of Phalangopsinae are found worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions. Most species in the subfamily are nocturnal and can be found in rocky areas, near fallen wood, and the understory of forests. Some species are gregarious, gathering in large numbers.
Anaxipha is a genus of brown sword-tail cricket from tropical areas in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and western Pacific islands.
Conocephalinae, meaning "conical head", is an Orthopteran subfamily in the family Tettigoniidae.
Batrachideinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. There are thought to be 20 genera in Batrachideinae, with genera found in the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Tetriginae is a large subfamily of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers. Members of Tetriginae occur on every continent except Antarctica.
Cladonotinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers containing more than 70 genera and 260 described species. These insects are found in tropical areas world-wide.
Eucriotettix is a genus of ground-hoppers in the tribe Thoradontini. Species have been recorded from tropical Asia: India, Indochina, through to New Guinea.
Episactidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are about 19 genera and more than 60 described species in Episactidae, found in Central and South America, China, and Madagascar.
Gryllini is a tribe of crickets and typical of the family Gryllidae. Species are terrestrial, carnivorous or omnivorous and can be found in all continenents except Antarctica.
Bolivaritettix is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers in the subfamily Metrodorinae and not assigned to any tribe.
Mazarredia is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers in the subfamily Metrodorinae and not assigned to any tribe.
The Ommatolampidinae are a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, found in central and South America, and based on the type genus Ommatolampis. Derived from the "Ommatolampides" used by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893, the first use of the name in its current form was by Rodríguez et al. in 2013; this taxon appears to be paraphyletic.
Rhopalotettix is a genus of Asian ground-hoppers in the subfamily Metrodorinae and since 2017 placed in the tribe Ophiotettigini; it was erected by Joseph Hancock in 1910. The recorded distribution for species in this genus is southern China, Indochina and western Malesia.