| Teratodinae | |
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| Teratodes monticollis, hooded grasshopper | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Superfamily: | Acridoidea |
| Family: | Acrididae |
| Subfamily: | Teratodinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 |
| Synonyms | |
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Teratodinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 8 genera and more than 20 described species, found in East Africa and South-West Asia. [1] [2]
These eight genera belong to the subfamily Teratodinae:
Melanoplini is a tribe of spur-throated grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 19 genera and more than 200 described species in Melanoplini, all in North America. Their biogeography shows that many species in the tribe have descendants from the Eocene epoch and Miocene epoch.
Psoloessa is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Psoloessa.
Rhammatocerus is a genus of grasshoppers in the subfamily Gomphocerinae and the tribe Scyllinini. There are about 16 described species in Rhammatocerus, including R. schistocercoides, the "Mato Grosso locust".
Heliastus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 10 described species in Heliastus.
Opeia is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Opeia.
Copiocerinae is a subfamily of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Copiocerinae, found in southern North America, Central America, and South America.
Bruneria is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers, in the subfamily Gomphocerinae, from north-western America. There are at least three described species in Bruneria.
Cibolacris is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Cibolacris.
Leptysminae is a subfamily of spur-throat toothpick grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least 20 genera in Leptysminae, found in North, Central, and South America.
Heliaula is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Heliaula, H. rufa.
Ligurotettix is a genus of clicker grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least two described species in Ligurotettix.
Tropidolophus is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Tropidolophus is monotypic, with the single species T. formosus, the great crested grasshopper, from North America.
Leuronotina is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are at least four described species in Leuronotina.
Esselenia is a genus of slant-faced grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There is one described species in Esselenia, E. vanduzeei.
Xeniinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Proscopiidae. Xeniinae has 3 genera, 2 extant and 1 extinct, and about 16 described species, found in South America.
Hapithini is a tribe of crickets in the subfamily Hapithinae. There are about 12 genera and more than 260 described species: found in Central and South America.
Aphonomorphini is a tribe of crickets in the subfamily Hapithinae. There are about 6 genera and more than 90 described species in Aphonomorphini.
Cearacesaini is a tribe of crickets in the subfamily Hapithinae: found in North, Central, and South America. There are at least 4 genera and about 16 described species in Cearacesaini.
Proctolabinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are more than 20 genera and 210 described species which are found in South America.
Roeseliana is a genus of bush cricket or katydid in the subfamily Tettigoniinae. Species in this genus were placed at various times in the genera Metrioptera and Bicolorana, until Roeseliana was restored in 2011.