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:
The Tettigoniinae are a subfamily of bush crickets or katydids, which contains hundreds of species in about twelve tribes.
Aiolopus is a genus of grasshopper belonging to the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae and tribe Epacromiini. Species can be found in Africa, Europe and Asia - through to New Caledonia.
Dociostaurus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Gomphocerinae and typical of the tribe Dociostaurini. Species are found in Africa, southern Europe and Asia, and includes the economically important Moroccan locust.
Calliptamus is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Species of Calliptamus are found in Africa and the northern Palearctic realm through to Japan.
Heteropternis is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, subfamily Oedipodinae, and tribe Epacromiini. The recorded distribution of species in Heteropternis is from Africa and India through to Japan, Malesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Pterolepis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini erected by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1838. The known distribution is from North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
Brachycrotaphus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae, erected by Hermann August Krauss in 1877. Species have been recorded from Africa, southern Europe and India.
Pachytrachis is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1940. Species have been recorded from Italy, through South-eastern Europe to Turkey.
Zeuneriana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini and now placed in the genus group Metrioptera F. E. Zeuner: after whom it was named by W. Ramme in 1951. The recorded distribution of species is: mainland Europe, from Spain and France through to the Balkans and Romania.
Uvarovistia is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Pholidopterini, confirmed by Maran in 1953. Species have been recorded from Cyprus, Turkey through to Afganhistan. The genus is named after Boris Uvarov, who originally identified what became the type species.
Epacromius is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers, typical of the tribe Epacromiini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1942. The recorded distribution of species is France and Spain in western Europe through temperate Asia to Japan.
Bruntridactylus is a genus of African and Palaearctic pygmy mole crickets in the subfamily Dentridactylinae, erected by K.K. Günther in 1979. Species have been recorded from: tropical Africa, eastern Europe, central and southern Asia and including Taiwan.
Duroniella is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Phlaeobini and now placed in genus group Duronia, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1908. Distribution records include: the North and Horn of Africa, Sardinia, Greece and the Balkans, through to central Asia.
Paracaloptenus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the subfamily Calliptaminae, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1878. Records of occurrence are from Spain and France, with a discontinuous distribution through to Ukraine and Turkey.
Xerohippus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Dociostaurini erected by Boris Uvarov in 1942. Species are recorded from North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and the Middle East up to the Black Sea.
Eremippus is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Dociostaurini, erected by Boris Uvarov in 1926. Species are recorded from eastern Europe and central Asia through to eastern China.
Oropodisma is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers in the tribe Podismini and subtribe Miramellina erected by Boris Uvarov in 1942. Species have a recorded distribution from the Balkans through to the Bosphorus.
Leptopternis is a genus of Palaearctic grasshoppers, unplaced in subfamily Oedipodinae, erected by Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure in 1884. The recorded distribution of species is: North Africa, Europe (Russia) through to central Asia.
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