Eumastacoidea is a superfamily within 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 – gras ...

, 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). ...

. The family has a mainly tropical distribution and has sometimes been called "monkey grasshoppers".Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 3 July 2021)
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Description

Some of the characters of the members of the superfamily are the lack of an abdominal tympanum, wings if present widen towards the tip, the antennae are short in some groups the hindlegs are spread out laterally at rest.

Families

Phyllochoreia ramakrishnai female Wayanad

Promastax archaicus Handlirsch 1910 Fig1 cropped

The overall classification based on characteristics of the

genitalia A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction. Sex organs constitute the primary sex characteristics of an organism. Sex organs are responsible for producing and transporting ...

and the geographic distribution of family groups are as follows: * Family Chorotypidae ** Subfamily Chininae ** Subfamily Chorotypinae ** Subfamily Erianthinae ** Subfamily Eruciinae ** Subfamily Mnesicleinae ** Subfamily Prionacanthinae * Family Episactidae ** Subfamily Episactinae ** Subfamily Espagnolinae ** Subfamily Miraculinae * Family Eumastacidae ** Subfamily Eumastacinae ** Subfamily Gomphomastacinae ** Subfamily Masynteinae ** Subfamily Morseinae ** Subfamily Paramastacinae ** Subfamily Parepisactinae ** Subfamily Pseudomastacinae ** Subfamily Temnomastacinae * Family

Euschmidtiidae Euschmidtiidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are at least 60 genera and more than 240 described species in Euschmidtiidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is the area and regions of the continen ...

** Subfamily Euschmidtiinae ** Subfamily Pseudoschmidtiinae ** Subfamily Stenoschmidtiinae * Family Mastacideidae ** Subfamily Mastacideinae * Family

Morabidae Morabidae is a family of grasshoppers in the order Orthoptera. There are more than 40 genera and 120 described species in Morabidae, found in Australasia. Genera These 42 genera belong to the family Morabidae: * ''Achuraba'' Key, 1976 * ''Achu ...

** Monotypic subfamily Biroellinae *** genus '' Biroella'' ** Subfamily

Morabinae Morabinae, also known as matchstick grasshoppers, is a subfamily of grasshoppers that are wholly endemic to Australia. Around 240 species of the subfamily Morabinae are known to exist. Genera The following 41 genera are recognised in the subfami ...

* Family † Promastacidae ** Genus †'' Promastax'' * Family

Thericleidae The Thericleidae are a family of grasshoppers within the order Orthoptera and superfamily Eumastacoidea. They have exceptionally stubby antennae even for the Caelifera, with most species having a characteristic "horse-headed" look in profile. ...

** Subfamily Afromastacinae ** Subfamily Barythericleinae ** Subfamily Chromothericleinae ** Subfamily Loxicephalinae ** Subfamily Plagiotriptinae ** Subfamily Thericleinae The genus †'' Promastacoides'' was originally considered a privative Eumastacoidea taxon by Kevan and& Wighton (1981), subsequent authors have consistently found it to be a Susumaniidae

stick insect The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's da ...

References

External links

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Orthoptera species file
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3060347 Grasshoppers Insect superfamilies