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''Xanthippus'' 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 six described species in ''Xanthippus''.
Species
These six species belong to the genus ''Xanthippus'': * ''Xanthippus aquilonius
Xanthippus (; , ; 520 – 475 BC) was a wealthy Athenian politician and general during the Greco-Persian Wars. He was the son of Ariphron and father of Pericles, both prominent Athenian statesmen. A marriage to Agariste, niece of Cleisthene ...
'' Otte, 1984 i c g b
* '' Xanthippus brooksi'' Vickery, 1967 i c g b
* '' Xanthippus corallipes'' (Haldeman, 1852) i c g b — Red-shanked grasshopper
* '' Xanthippus montanus'' (Thomas, 1871) i c g b — Sandhills band-wing grasshopper
* '' Xanthippus olancha'' (Caudell, 1921) i c g
* '' Xanthippus sierra'' (Saussure, 1884) b — Sierra grasshopper
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
Further reading
* * * *External links
* Oedipodinae Acrididae genera {{oedipodinae-stub