| Scelimeninae | |
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| Scelimena bellula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Subfamily: | Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887 |
| Tribes | |
See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scelimeninae is a subfamily of ground hoppers belonging to the Tetrigidae family of Orthopterans. [1] [2]
The Orthoptera Species File [3] lists:
Authority: Hancock, 1907
Auth. Hancock, 1907
The grasshopper subfamily Acridinae, sometimes called silent slant-faced grasshoppers, belong of the large family Acrididae in the Orthoptera: Caelifera.
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".
Gomphocerinae, sometimes called "slant-faced grasshoppers", are a subfamily of grasshoppers found on every continent but Antarctica and Australia.
Phaesticus is a genus of groundhoppers found in Malesia and Indo-China.
Discotettix is a genus of pygmy grasshoppers found in Malesia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. They are commonly known as spiky pygmy devils. After revision, it is the type genus of the tribe Discotettigini and now placed in the subfamily Scelimeninae.
Scelimena is a genus of ground hoppers in the family Tetrigidae, with records from India, Indo-China, Malesia and Papua New Guinea.
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.
Scaria is a genus of groundhoppers or pygmy grasshoppers in the tribe Batrachideini from South America. There are about eight described species in Scaria.
Cladonotinae is a subfamily of groundhoppers containing more than 70 genera and 260 described species. These insects are found in tropical areas world-wide.
Metrodorinae 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.
Coptotettix is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers in the subfamily Tetriginae.
Eucriotettix is a genus of ground-hoppers in the tribe Thoradontini. Species have been recorded from tropical Asia: India, Indochina, through to New Guinea.
Thoradonta is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers and typical of the tribe Thoradontini.
Bolivaritettix is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers in the subfamily Metrodorinae and not assigned to any tribe.
Epitettix' is a genus of ground-hoppers in the subfamily Cladonotinae and typical of the new (2023) tribe Epitettigini; records are from Madagascar and Asia.
Criotettix is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers in the tribe Criotettigini.
Loxilobus is a genus of ground-hoppers in the tribe Thoradontini. Species have been recorded from West Africa, throughout Asia and Australia.
Mazarredia is an Asian genus of ground-hoppers in the subfamily Metrodorinae and not assigned to any tribe.
Falconius is a genus of Asian groundhoppers in the tribe Scelimenini, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1898. Species have been recorded from India, Indochina and Malesia.
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