Eumastacoidea is a superfamily within the order

Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...

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Caelifera The Caelifera are a suborder of orthopteran insects. They include the grasshoppers and grasshopper-like insects, as well as other superfamilies classified with them: the ground-hoppers (Tetrigoidea) and pygmy mole crickets (Tridactyloidea). ...

. The family has a mainly tropical distribution and have sometimes been called "monkey grasshoppers".Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 July 2021)
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Description

Some of the characters of the members of the superfamily are the lack of an abdominal tympanum, wings if present widen towards the tip, the antennae are short in some groups the hindlegs are spread out laterally at rest.

Families

Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai female Wayanad

Promastax archaicus Handlirsch 1910 Fig1 cropped

The overall classification based on characteristics of the

genitalia A sex organ (or reproductive organ) is any part of an animal or plant that is involved in sexual reproduction. The reproductive organs together constitute the reproductive system. In animals, the testis in the male, and the ovary in the female, a ...

and the geographic distribution of family groups are as follows: * Family Chorotypidae ** Subfamily Chininae ** Subfamily Chorotypinae ** Subfamily Erianthinae ** Subfamily Eruciinae ** Subfamily Mnesicleinae ** Subfamily Prionacanthinae * Family Episactidae ** Subfamily Episactinae ** Subfamily Espagnolinae ** Subfamily Miraculinae * Family Eumastacidae ** Subfamily Eumastacinae ** Subfamily Gomphomastacinae ** Subfamily Masynteinae ** Subfamily Morseinae ** Subfamily Paramastacinae ** Subfamily Parepisactinae ** Subfamily Pseudomastacinae ** Subfamily Temnomastacinae * Family

Euschmidtiidae Euschmidtiidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are at least 60 genera and more than 240 described species in Euschmidtiidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa and surrounding islands. Genera These 60 genera belong to the f ...

** Subfamily Euschmidtiinae ** Subfamily Pseudoschmidtiinae ** Subfamily Stenoschmidtiinae * Family Mastacideidae ** Subfamily Mastacideinae * Family Morabidae ** Subfamily Biroellinae ** Subfamily

Morabinae Morabinae is a subfamily of grasshoppers, wholly endemic to Australia. Around 240 species of Morabinae are known to exist. References

Caelifera Orthoptera subfamilies {{Caelifera-stub ...

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Promastacidae ''Promastax'' is a genus of "monkey grasshoppers" belonging to the extinct monotypic family Promastacidae and containing the single species ''Promastax archaicus''. The species is dated to the Early Eocenes Ypresian stage and has only been found ...

** Genus †'' Promastax'' * Family Thericleidae ** Subfamily Afromastacinae ** Subfamily Barythericleinae ** Subfamily Chromothericleinae ** Subfamily Loxicephalinae ** Subfamily Plagiotriptinae ** Subfamily Thericleinae The genus †'' Promastacoides'' was originally considered a privative Eumastacoidea taxon by Kevan and& Wighton (1981), subsequent authors have consistently found it to be a Susumaniidae

stick insect The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as ...

References

External links

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Orthoptera species file
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3060347 Caelifera Insect superfamilies