Xyronotidae is a family of Central American
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 order
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 ...
. There are at least two genera and four described species in Xyronotidae.
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Genera
These two genera belong to the family Xyronotidae:
* '' Axyronotus'' Dirsh & Mason, 1979
* '' Xyronotus'' Saussure, 1884
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Caelifera
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