| Phaesticus | |
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| P. insularis (with parasitoid) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Genus: | Phaesticus Uvarov, 1940 |
| Synonyms | |
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Phaesticus [1] is a genus of groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae incertae sedis ) found in Malesia and Indo-China.
The Orthoptera Species File lists: [2]
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:
Tauchira is a genus of grasshoppers (Acrididae) in the subfamily Catantopinae and tribe Tauchirini. Species can be found in South-East Asia.
The Romaleidae or lubber grasshoppers are a family of grasshoppers, based on the type genus Romalea. The species in this family can be found in the Americas. It is known to be polyphagous, but there is not much else known regarding its diet.
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.
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.
Chorotypidae is a family of tropical Asian grasshoppers, formerly included within the family Eumastacidae. These grasshoppers have a head that rises above the level of the thorax and short antennae. Some species have reduced wings, others have wings that widen towards the tips and still others have a flattened leaf-like shape. They lack abdominal tympani.
Oxyinae is subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Species are distributed throughout Africa and Australasia.
Oxyini is one of two tribes of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oxyinae. Some genera previously listed here are now placed in the subfamilies Caryandinae and Hemiacridinae.
Gesonula is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Oxyinae. Species can be found in India through southeast Asia to northeast Australia.
The Hemiacridinae are a subfamily of Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera. Species can be found in Africa and Asia.
Romaleinae is a subfamily of lubber grasshoppers in the family Romaleidae, found in North and South America. More than 60 genera and 260 described species are placed in the Romaleinae.
Cercina is a genus of Asian grasshoppers in the subfamily Caryandinae first described by Carl Stål (1833–1878), a Swedish entomologist. Species records are from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand.
Traulia is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Catantopinae; it was considered typical of tribe Trauliini, but is now placed in the tribe Mesambriini. A majority of species found in South-East Asia.
Oxyrrhepes is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae and subfamily Catantopinae; it is the only genus placed in tribe OxyrrhepiniTinkham, 1940.
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.
The Phlaeobini are a tribe of grasshoppers in the subfamily Acridinae. The recorded distribution of genera includes: Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
The Phaloriinae is a subfamily of crickets of the family Phalangopsidae. Species are terrestrial and are distributed in: Africa, tropical Asia, Korea, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
Vescelia is a genus of crickets in the family Phalangopsidae, subfamily Phaloriinae, tribe Phaloriini. Species have been found in: Japan, China, Vietnam, Borneo and the Philippines.
Macellina is a genus of stick insects in the tribe Gratidiini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940. Species have been recorded from China, Thailand and Vietnam.
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