The Tristiridae
are a family 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
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 ...
: suborder
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). ...
. Species in this family can be found in the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
.
Genera
The ''Orthoptera Species File''
Orthoptera Species File
(31 March 2010) lists:
* Atacamacridinae Carbonell & A. Mesa, 1972
*** '' Atacamacris'' Carbonell & Mesa, 1972
* Tristirinae Rehn, 1906
** Elasmoderini Cigliano, 1989
*** '' Elasmoderus'' Saussure, 1888
*** '' Enodisomacris'' Cigliano, 1989
*** '' Uretacris'' Liebermann, 1943
** Tristirini Rehn, 1906
*** '' Bufonacris'' Walker, 1871
*** '' Circacris'' Ronderos & Cigliano, 1989
*** '' Crites'' Rehn, 1942
*** '' Incacris'' Rehn, 1942
*** '' Moluchacris'' Rehn, 1942
*** '' Pappacris'' Uvarov, 1940
*** '' Paracrites'' Rehn, 1942
*** '' Peplacris'' Rehn, 1942
*** '' Punacris'' Rehn, 1942
*** '' Tristira'' Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1900
** Tropidostethini Giglio-Tos, 1898
*** '' Elysiacris'' Rehn, 1942
*** '' Eremopachys'' Brancsik, 1901
*** '' Tebacris'' Cigliano, 1989
*** '' Tropidostethus'' Philippi, 1863
References
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Caelifera
Orthoptera families