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:
Isophya is a genus of bush crickets, in the tribe Barbitistini, found from mainland Europe to western Asia.
Oedipoda is the type genus of grasshoppers, in the subfamily Oedipodinae, mostly from the Palaearctic realm. The type species is the European "blue-winged grasshopper", Oedipoda caerulescens.
Platycleis is a genus of bush crickets described by Fieber in 1853, belonging to the subfamily Tettigoniinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.
Gryllomorpha is a genus of cricket belonging to the family Gryllidae subfamily Gryllomorphinae. The species of this genus are present in Europe, in North Africa and in Central Asia.
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.
Rhacocleis is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Tettigoniinae and tribe Platycleidini. Species can be found in southern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.
Acrometopa is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae; It is typical of the tribe Acrometopini. Species in this genus are found in south-eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Paratettix meridionalis is the type species of ground-hopper in its genus, which belongs to the subfamily Tetriginae and tribe Tetrigini. Its distribution includes: southern Europe, northern Africa, Arabian peninsula and records from Mexico and no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life or the Orthoptera Species File.
Prionotropis is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pamphagidae. Most described species of Prionotropis are found in southern Europe.
Odontura is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and typical of the tribe Odonturini. Species can be found in Africa and Europe.
Poecilimon is a genus of bush crickets in the subfamily Phaneropterinae and tribe Barbitistini. Species can be found in: central and Southeast Europe, the south of the European part of the former USSR, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, the Caucasus, Persia and extends in Central Asia to the Altai mountains.
Dericorys is the type genus of grasshoppers of the family Dericorythidae. Species have been recorded from Africa, the Iberian peninsula, Atlantic islands and western Asia.
Tropidopola is a genus of grasshoppers, erected by Carl Stål in 1873. It is the type genus of the monotypic tribe Tropidopolini and the subfamily Tropidopolinae. Species are distributed in: central-northern Africa, southern Europe and Asia: near East, India up to Siberia.
The Gryllomorphinae are a subfamily of crickets based on the type genus Gryllomorpha. Species have been recorded from: North Africa and the western Palaearctic (mainland).
Paranocarodes is a genus of European and western Asian grasshoppers belonging to the family Pamphagidae, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1916. Belonging to the tribe Nocarodeini, species can be found from Greece through to Iran.
Amphiestris is a monotypic genus of European bush crickets in the tribe Tettigoniini, erected by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1853. Records of occurrence are from the Iberian peninsula and North Africa.
Modestana is a genus of Palaearctic bush crickets in the tribe Platycleidini, erected by M. Beier in 1955. Species can be found in South-eastern Europe, with most records from Italy, the Balkans and Greece.
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.
