''Acridoxena'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

genus of bush crickets (also known as katydids). It is now placed in the tribe Acridoxenini of the subfamily

Mecopodinae Mecopodinae are a subfamily of bush crickets found in western South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia. In Asia, the distribution includes India, Indochina, Japan, the Philippines, and Malesia to Papua New Guinea and Australasia, including m ...

; previously it was in the subfamily Acridoxeninae. It has one species, ''Acridoxena hewaniana'', found in western central Africa.

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Mecopodinae Tettigoniidae genera Monotypic Orthoptera genera {{Tettigoniidae-stub