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ProctolabinaeAmédégnato (1974) ''Acrida'' 3(3): 196, 200. is a subfamily 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 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 more than 20 genera and 210 described species which are found in South America.


Genera

The following genera, in 2 tribes, belong to the subfamily Proctolabinae:


Coscineutini

synonym: Coscineutae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 * '' Coscineuta'' Stål, 1873


Proctolabini

# '' Adelotettix'' Bruner, 1910 # '' Ampelophilus'' Hebard, 1924 # '' Azotocerus'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Balachowskyacris'' Descamps & Amédégnato, 1972 # '' Cercoceracris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Cryptocloeus'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Dendrophilacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Dorstacris'' Descamps, 1978 # '' Drymacris'' Descamps & Rowell, 1978 # '' Drymophilacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Eucephalacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Eucerotettix'' Descamps, 1980 # '' Halticacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Harpotettix'' Descamps, 1981 # '' Kritacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Leioscapheus'' Bruner, 1907 # '' Lithoscirtus'' Bruner, 1908 # '' Loretacris'' Amédégnato & Poulain, 1987 # '' Paratela'' Descamps & Rowell, 1978 # '' Pareucephalacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Poecilocloeus'' Bruner, 1910 # '' Proctolabus'' Saussure, 1859 # '' Saltonacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Tela'' Hebard, 1932 # '' Witotacris'' Descamps, 1976 # '' Ypsophilacris'' Descamps, 1980 # '' Zodiacris'' Descamps, 1980 # '' Zosperamerus'' Bruner, 1908


References


Further reading

* * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q959648 Acrididae