''Lentula'' is a small genus of

grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshopp ...

s native to southern Africa. It is the type genus of the family

Lentulidae The LentulidaeDirsh (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'', vol. 108, 223-356. are a family of flightless grasshoppers found in sub-Saharan Afri ...

. Species include: *'' Lentula callani'' Dirsh, 1956 *'' Lentula minuta'' Dirsh, 1956 *'' Lentula obtusifrons'' Stål, 1878 *'' Lentula tuberculata'' Miller, 1932

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Lentulidae Orthoptera of Africa Taxa named by Carl Stål {{Caelifera-stub