Acrididae, commonly called short-horned grasshoppers, are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known because all locusts are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedipodinae is sometimes classified as a distinct family Oedipodidae in the superfamily Acridoidea. Acrididae grasshoppers are characterized by relatively short and stout antennae, and tympana on the side of the first abdominal segment.
Carausius is a genus of the tribe Lonchodini, in the order Phasmatodea. The genus is in many ways typical of the Phasmatodea in that all species are twig-like in appearance. These species are parthenogenetic.
The Euphasmatodea, also known by its junior synonym Verophasmatodea is a suborder of the Phasmatodea, which contains the vast majority of the extant species of stick and leaf insects, excluding the Timematodea. The oldest record of Euphasmatodea is Araripephasma from the Crato Formation of Brazil, dating to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.
Necrosciinae is a subfamily of the stick insect family Lonchodidae, with its greatest diversity in South-East Asia.
Ramulus is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and tribe Clitumnini.
Bacillidae is a stick insect family in the order Phasmatodea and the suborder Verophasmatodea.
The Clitumninae are a sub-family of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae found in Asia. The type genus Clitumnus is now considered a synonym of Ramulus.
Medauroidea is an Asian genus of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae and subfamily Clitumninae. Species have been recorded from Indo-China.
Anabropsis is a genus of king crickets in the tribe Anabropsini. They are found tropical areas of the Americas, Africa and Asia.
Lissotrachelus is an Asian genus of crickets, typical of the tribe Lissotrachelini; species records range from southern China, Indo-China to Borneo.
The Platycraninae are an anareolate subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. Their known distribution includes southern, southeast Asia and Australasia.
Pachymorpha is a genus of phasmids belonging to the family Diapheromeridae.
The Cladomorphinae are a subfamily of stick insects in the family Phasmatidae. This taxon is particularly well represented in the Neotropical region, but records also exist for Madagascar, Java and the Maluku Islands.
Nesiophasma is a genus of very large stick insects within the order Phasmatodea and the tribe of Stephanacridini. This genus is found in Wallacea west of Weber’s Line: Sulawesi, Peleng Island, Selayar Island, Kalaotoa Island, Sanana Island, Romang Island, Timor Island, Sangihe Island and Talaud Islands. New Guinea with doubt. The largest in the list of species is Nesiophasma giganteum, with females reaching a body length of 30 cm.
Rhamphophasma is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1893. Species have been recorded from: China, Vietnam, India, Myanmar and Japan.
Metentoria is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1907. Species have been recorded from: India and Vietnam.
Prosentoria is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Clitumnini, erected by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1907. Species have been recorded from: Vietnam and Borneo.
Spinoparapachymorpha is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Medaurini, erected by G.W.C. Ho in 2021. Species have been recorded from: China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Neohirasea is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by J.A.G. Rehn in 1904. Species has been recorded from temperate and tropical Asia, including: China, India, Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam.
Cheniphasma is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Necrosciini, erected by G.W.C. Ho in 2012. Species have been recorded from China (Guangdong) and Vietnam.
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