''Heliastus'' is a genus of

band-winged grasshopper 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 p ...

s in the family

Acrididae The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...

. There are about 10 described species in the genus ''Heliastus''.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus ''Heliastus'': * ''

Heliastus aztecus ''Heliastus'' is a genus of band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. There are about 10 described species in the genus ''Heliastus''. Species These 10 species belong to the genus ''Heliastus'': * ''Heliastus aztecus'' Saussure, 1884 * ' ...

'' Saussure, 1884 * '' Heliastus benjamini'' Caudell, 1905 (arroyo grasshopper) * '' Heliastus cirrhoides'' Otte, 1984 * '' Heliastus guanieri'' Caudell, 1903 * '' Heliastus infrequens'' Otte, 1984 * '' Heliastus obesus'' Saussure, 1884 * '' Heliastus rubellus'' Otte, 1984 * '' Heliastus rufipennis'' Liebermann, 1945 * '' Heliastus subroseus'' Caudell, 1904 (rose-wing beach grasshopper) * '' Heliastus sumichrasti'' (Saussure, 1861)

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