''Betiscoides'' is a small

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of southern African grasshoppers in the

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Lentulidae The LentulidaeDirsh (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'', vol. 108, 223-356. are a family of flightless grasshoppers found in sub-Saharan Af ...

. The grasshoppers of the genus ''Betiscoides'' have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and the antennae are tapering. They are all found among the reed-like wetland plants of the genus ''

Restio ''Restio'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Restionaceae, described in 1772.Rottbøll, Christen Friis. 1772. Descriptiones Plantarum Rariorum 9 The entire genus is endemic to South Africa (Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal). In c ...

'' and their common name is the restio grasshoppers. All three species are classified as

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on the

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Species

There are three species in the genus ''Betiscoides'': * ''

Betiscoides meridionalis ''Betiscoides meridionalis'', the slender restio grasshopper, is a species of lentulid grasshopper Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of ...

'' Sjöstedt, 1923 – slender restio grasshopper * ''

Betiscoides parva ''Betiscoides'' is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae. The grasshoppers of the genus ''Betiscoides'' have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and ...

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, 1937 – small restio grasshopper * ''

Betiscoides sjostedti ''Betiscoides'' is a small genus of southern African grasshoppers in the family Lentulidae. The grasshoppers of the genus ''Betiscoides'' have slender or very slender bodies and they are flightless, lacking wings. They have a conical head and ...

'' Key, 1937 – robust restio grasshopper

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10429006 Lentulidae Orthoptera of Africa Taxa named by Bror Yngve Sjöstedt