''Heliastus'' is a genus of

band-winged grasshopper Bandwings, or band-winged grasshoppers, are the subfamily Oedipodinae of grasshoppers classified under the family Acrididae. They have a worldwide distribution and were originally elevated to full family status as the Oedipodidae. Many species p ...

s in the family

Acrididae Acrididae 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 because all locusts (swarming grasshoppers) are of the Acrididae. The subfamily Oedi ...

. There are about 10 described species in the genus ''Heliastus''.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus ''Heliastus'': * '' Heliastus aztecus'' Saussure, 1884 * '' Heliastus benjamini'' Caudell, 1905 (arroyo grasshopper) * '' Heliastus cirrhoides'' Otte, 1984 * '' Heliastus guanieri'' Caudell, 1903 * '' Heliastus infrequens'' Otte, 1984 * '' Heliastus obesus'' Saussure, 1884 * '' Heliastus rubellus'' Otte, 1984 * '' Heliastus rufipennis'' Liebermann, 1945 * '' Heliastus subroseus'' Caudell, 1904 (rose-wing beach grasshopper) * '' Heliastus sumichrasti'' (Saussure, 1861)

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