Teratodinae 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 about 8 genera and more than 20 described species, found in East Africa and South-West Asia.
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Genera
These eight genera belong to the subfamily Teratodinae:
* '' Acrostegastes'' Karsch, 1896
* '' Esfandiaria'' - monotypic ''E. obesa'' Popov, 1951
* ''Eurynotacris'' Ramme, 1931
* ''Kabulia (grasshopper), Kabulia'' Ramme, 1928
* ''Lyrotyloides'' - monotypic ''L. viridis'' Bey-Bienko, 1956
* ''Lyrotylus'' Uvarov, 1923
* ''Robecchia'' Schulthess, 1898
* ''Teratodes'' Brullé, 1835
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Acrididae
Orthoptera subfamilies